DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2× Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10-Core 64GB DDR4 8× 400GB SSD H730

Dual Xeon E5-2660 v3 10-core 2U server

This Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server fitted with two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors running at 2.6 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo. Each CPU provides 10 cores for a total of 20 threads. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules. Eight 400 GB SATA SSDs are managed by a PERC H730 1 GB RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

The twin 10-core Xeons and 24 DIMM slots scaling to 1.5 TB suit virtualisation clusters, VDI deployments and database workloads that benefit from high core counts and large memory capacity. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports plus iDRAC8 Enterprise simplifies remote management. Buyers who require more than two processor sockets, GPU acceleration or storage interfaces beyond SATA and SAS should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 RAID controller with battery

The installed Dell PERC H730 1 GB mini controller provides hardware RAID across the eight 2.5-inch drive bays with battery-backed cache for data protection. It supports SATA and SAS drives in multiple RAID levels including pass-through mode. This controller determines which drive types and RAID configurations are available without additional hardware.