DELL PowerEdge R530 2U rack server E5-2630 V3 8C 2.4GHz 8GB DDR4 H730

2U rack server for dense storage

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 eight-core processor running at 2.4GHz. It ships with 8GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and includes two Dell Perc H730 RAID controllers supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750W redundant hot-swap power supplies and eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays provide the foundation for high-capacity storage deployments.

Suits storage-heavy workloads, not compute density

This server suits organisations that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a 2U form factor with hardware RAID and redundant power. It is not for buyers who need more than two processor sockets, installed solid-state drives, or a GPU beyond the integrated Matrox G200. The single-socket configuration limits memory capacity to the installed 8GB unless a second processor is added.

Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays define capacity

The defining specification is the eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays paired with dual H730 controllers supporting up to 80TB of raw storage. This bay count and controller combination determines whether the chassis can meet your dataset size and redundancy requirements before you consider populating the twelve DDR4 slots or the five PCIe expansion slots.