DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4 GHz 14-core 128 GB DDR4

PowerEdge R730 2U dual Xeon server

This Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server system equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors, each running at 2.4 GHz with 14 cores. It comes populated with 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules. The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays and includes a PERC H730 storage controller with 1 GB cache supporting multiple RAID levels. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management are fitted as standard.

Suits virtualisation and database nodes.

The twin 14-core CPUs and large memory capacity make this platform well suited for virtualisation hosts, database servers, VDI deployments and high-performance computing data nodes. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links handles east-west traffic efficiently. Organisations requiring GPU acceleration, single-threaded frequency above 3.3 GHz Turbo, or more than two processor sockets should evaluate alternative configurations.

Eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA bays with H730 RAID

Storage connectivity centres on the eight front-accessible 2.5-inch trays that accept both SAS and SATA drives. The integrated PERC H730 controller delivers 12 Gb/s throughput and battery-backed cache for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. No drives are shipped with the unit, so buyers must provision their own SAS or SATA media to match capacity and performance targets.