DELL PowerEdge R730 2U E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 8GB DDR4 H330 8x3.5

Rack server for virtualisation workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730 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 8 GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots and includes a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays accept SAS or SATA drives for flexible storage capacity.

Sustained multi-threaded performance

With sixteen logical threads available through hyper-threading, the Xeon E5-2630 v3 maintains consistent throughput for virtualisation hosts, database servers and batch-processing jobs. The platform supports up to two processors and a maximum of 1536 GB of DDR4 memory at 2400 MT/s, allowing the system to scale as workload demands grow. Seven PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated PERC slot provide room for additional network or storage adapters.

Dual redundant power and remote management

Two 750 W hot-swap power supplies deliver redundancy for continuous operation in rack environments. The integrated iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller enables out-of-band monitoring, firmware updates and remote console access without an operating system. A Matrox G200 graphics controller with 8 MB cache handles basic video output, while a DVD-ROM drive and four 1 GbE ports on the daughter card complete the baseline connectivity.