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Silver 2U rack server with eight 2.5-inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2×E5-2609v3 64GB 2×300GB H730

SKU CH-5BBK-K3R00

2U rack server with dual Xeon E5-2609v3 processors, 64 GB DDR4, two 300 GB 15 K SAS drives and a PERC H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
  • Installed RAM64 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 64GB

HDD 2 x 300GB

  • Dual Xeon six-core CPUs deliver 1.9 GHz base performance
  • 64 GB DDR4 memory fills half the 24 DIMM slots
  • Two 300 GB 15 K SAS drives provide fast hot-plug storage
  • H730 RAID controller supports levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the 2U rack server running

Ready for virtualization clusters

This 2U rack server ships with dual Xeon E5-2609v3 six-core processors at 1.9 GHz and 64 GB of DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots. It targets IT teams that need a dense compute node for hypervisor farms, database replicas or batch workloads without investing in newer silicon.

Thermals and power in steady state

Redundant 750 W hot-swap supplies share load so a single failure does not drop the rack. The 2U chassis uses front-to-rear airflow across the CPUs, memory and eight drive bays to keep component temperatures stable under continuous multi-threaded jobs.

Build and connectivity for daily ops

Eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays accept SAS or SATA drives behind the PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache supporting RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60. A four-port 1 GbE daughter card handles baseline traffic while seven PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated PERC slot leave room for 10 GbE uplinks, HBA cards or GPU accelerators. iDRAC8 Express provides out-of-band management from day one.

How it compares

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

Price $851.99
Cheaper than about 79% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 64 GB
Lower than about 70% 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 R730
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM64 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity64 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage64 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 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

How do I install the 2.5" SAS drives in the hot-plug bays, and which step do people often miss?

Slide each drive into one of the 8 front bays until the latch clicks; the step many miss is pressing the release button fully so the carrier locks and the H730 controller detects the drive.

What maintenance will the redundant 750W power supplies need over time?

Check the front-panel LEDs and iDRAC8 logs for amber warnings; clean the intake fans quarterly and replace a supply only if its status light shows a fault.

Which limit appears first when both E5-2609 v3 CPUs run at 1.9 GHz continuously?

The 750W redundant power budget is the first ceiling; sustained full-core load can draw enough to trigger throttling before the CPUs hit thermal limits.

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