DELL PowerEdge R530 2U Rack Server E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 48GB DDR4 2x 2TB SAS H730

PowerEdge R530 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 eight-core processor running at 2.4 GHz. It ships with 48 GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and two 2 TB 7.2K SAS drives managed by a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management come standard, targeting small-to-midrange workloads that need internal storage density and hardware RAID in a compact rack footprint.

Upgrade from single-socket tower or entry rack

Replacing a tower workstation or single-socket 1U server with this platform adds eight hot-plug 3.5-inch drive bays, redundant power and a full RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 stack without moving to a larger chassis. The jump is worth it when local SAS or SATA capacity must grow past four drives and uptime demands hardware redundancy, while the second CPU socket remains available for later compute expansion without a platform change.

48 GB DDR4 ceiling and 80 TB raw storage

The installed 48 GB DDR4 hits the processor’s supported maximum, so memory headroom only exists if a second Xeon is added to unlock the full 384 GB across all twelve slots. Storage scales to 80 TB raw across the eight bays using SAS or SATA drives, while the H730’s 12 Gbps SAS link and 1 GB cache sustain mixed RAID workloads until drive count or rebuild times become the bottleneck.