DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2699 v3 2.3 GHz 18-core 64 GB DDR4

Dell PowerEdge R730 dual-socket 2U server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with 18 cores and a 3.6 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules. A Dell PERC H730 1 GB storage controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays are fitted without drives.

Suited for virtualisation hosts.

The dual 18-core CPUs and 24 DIMM slots scaling to 1.5 TB make this platform a fit for heavily threaded applications and large memory footprints. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports handles east-west traffic in clustered deployments. Buyers who need more than two sockets or on-board GPU support should evaluate other form factors.

24 DDR4 slots with 1.5 TB maximum capacity

The memory subsystem uses 24 registered ECC DDR4 slots and tops out at 1.5 TB, so capacity planning hinges on this ceiling. Populated with four 16 GB modules today, the server leaves 20 slots open for future expansion. Workloads that exceed 1.5 TB of system memory will require a different architecture.