DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz 16-core 64GB DDR4 8× 600GB SAS H730

Dual Xeon 2U server for virtualization and databases

The Dell PowerEdge R730 packs two Xeon E5-2683 v4 processors at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores each and 64 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages up to ten 2.5-inch SAS drives in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60. Dual 750 W platinum supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise provide redundant power and remote management.

Suited for consolidation, VDI and HPC data nodes.

This configuration targets midsize and large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure or high-performance computing tasks that scale across many CPU threads and SAS storage. The dual-socket design maxes at two processors, so workloads needing more sockets or GPU acceleration should evaluate other platforms.

Ten 600 GB 10 K SAS drives on a battery-backed H730

The chassis ships with ten enterprise 600 GB 10 K SAS disks connected to the H730 controller, whose battery-backed cache protects writes during power loss. This drive count and RAID flexibility determine whether the array meets capacity and IOPS targets for the intended database or virtualization layer.