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Silver 2U rack server with eight front 3.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R530 2U rack server E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 8GB DDR4 3×4TB SAS H730

SKU CH-4DR9-Q4023

2U rack server with single Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core 2.4GHz CPU, 8GB DDR4, three 4TB SAS drives and H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM8 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 8GB

HDD 3 x 4TB SAS

  • Eight-core Xeon 2.4 GHz handles parallel workloads
  • 8 GB DDR4 with twelve DIMM slots for expansion
  • Three 4 TB 7.2 K SAS drives provide 12 TB raw capacity
  • H730 1 GB 12 Gbps RAID controller supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies deliver redundancy

Dell 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 at 2.4 GHz with 8 GB of DDR4 memory. It includes three 4 TB 7.2K SAS drives and a PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management suit small-business virtualization or file-serving workloads.

Before ordering

Verify the rack provides 2U of vertical space and front-to-back airflow for hot-plug drive bays. Confirm the SAS backplane and H730 controller match your desired RAID level among 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60. The system ships without an operating system, so have installation media ready. Buyers who want more storage than the three included drives provide should plan to populate up to five additional 3.5-inch hot-plug bays.

Build quality and connectors

The chassis uses hot-plug drive carriers and redundant power modules that can be swapped without tools or downtime. Four onboard 1 GbE ports on the daughter card handle baseline networking while up to five PCIe slots — three at 3.0 and two at 2.0 — accept extra controllers. A DVD-ROM drive and Matrox G200eR2 video with 8 MB cache cover basic media and console needs. Rail kit inclusion simplifies rack mounting.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $561.99
Cheaper than about 91% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 8 GB
Lower than about 95% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R530
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM8 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity8 GB
Memory slot count12
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage80 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsSupport for up to 5 x PCIe: 3 x PCIe 3.0 and 2 x PCIe 2.0.
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight60 lb (27.2 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

Does the R530 ship with rails and cables, or must I order them separately?

The listing includes a power cable and a rail kit; drives and the H730 controller are already installed, so nothing else is required to rack the server.

Should I choose the single E5-2630 v3 or add a second processor for my workload?

The board supports two Xeon E5-2630 v3 CPUs; adding the second doubles cores to 16 physical and 32 threads and unlocks the remaining six DIMM slots for up to 384 GB total memory.

What usable capacity and speed will the three 4 TB SAS drives give me behind the H730?

In RAID 5 the array yields roughly 8 TB usable at 7.2 K rpm spindle speed; the H730 12 Gbps controller supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 so you can trade capacity for redundancy as needed.

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