DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 8 Core 128GB DDR4 H730 8x 2.5" Trays

2U rack server with dual Xeon processors

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built for midsize and large enterprise workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with eight cores and a 3.4 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules and a PERC H730 storage controller with 1 GB cache.

Suits virtualisation and database clusters.

This configuration suits organisations deploying virtualisation hosts, database clusters or VDI environments that benefit from sixteen cores and large memory capacity with room to grow to 1.5 TB. The eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays support hard drives only, so buyers needing all-flash arrays or GPU-accelerated workloads should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 controller with RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60

The PERC H730 controller provides hardware RAID across all supported levels including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. It manages the eight internal drive bays using SAS or SATA interfaces and includes a battery-backed cache for data protection during power loss. This single component determines whether the storage topology matches your redundancy and performance requirements.