DELL PowerEdge R730 2U E5-2650v3 10C 2.3GHz 48GB DDR4 2x1TB H730 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R730 2U Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2650v3 ten-core processor running at 2.3GHz. It ships with 48GB of DDR4 memory installed across 24 DIMM slots and includes two 1TB 7.2K SATA drives managed by a PERC H730 RAID controller. Dual 750W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM drive complete the baseline configuration. This unit suits IT teams deploying virtualisation hosts, database nodes or general-purpose compute in a standard rack environment.

Suits single-socket deployments with room to grow

The chassis supports a second Xeon processor and up to 1536GB of total DDR4 memory when fully populated, so organisations planning future CPU or RAM upgrades have headroom. Eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays accept SAS or SATA drives and the H730 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Buyers who need a second processor installed immediately, more than 48GB of memory out of the box, or 10GbE networking without adding a card should consider other configurations.

Single Xeon E5-2650v3 with 10 cores at 2.3GHz

The installed processor delivers ten physical cores and twenty threads via hyper-threading at a base frequency of 2.3GHz. This CPU choice determines the maximum memory speed of 2400MT/s and the single-socket starting point. If the workload demands two processors from day one, this specific configuration will not meet that requirement without an additional CPU kit.