DELL PowerEdge R530 rack server 2x E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 16GB 2x 300GB SAS H330

2U Rack Server with Dual Xeon Processors

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack-mount server built for virtualisation, database workloads and general-purpose business applications. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 eight-core processors running at 2.4 GHz, 16 GB of DDR4 memory and two 300 GB 15K SAS drives on a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Dual redundant 750 W power supplies and eight hot-plug 3.5-inch drive bays provide resilience and room for storage growth.

Ideal for virtualisation hosts

This configuration suits IT teams that need a balanced compute platform with hardware RAID and redundant power for 24/7 operation. The 12 DIMM slots allow memory expansion up to 384 GB, and five PCIe slots (three PCIe 3.0 and two PCIe 2.0) support additional network or storage adapters. Buyers who require higher single-thread performance, GPU-accelerated compute density or more than eight internal drive bays should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H330 RAID Controller with SAS Drives

The installed PERC H330 12 Gbps controller manages the two 300 GB 15K SAS drives and supports up to 80 TB of total raw capacity across the eight drive bays. It provides hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 without consuming host CPU cycles. This specification determines whether the server meets your data-protection and throughput requirements for transactional databases or virtual machine storage.