DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2650 v3 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 2x 900GB SAS H730

Purpose-built 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a dual-socket rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processors running at 2.3 GHz. It ships with 16 GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots and includes a PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache. Two 900 GB 10K SAS drives occupy two of the eight hot-plug 2.5-inch bays, while dual 750 W redundant power supplies provide resilience.

Suited for virtualization hosts, not GPU workloads

This configuration suits buyers building a virtualization host or database node that benefits from 40 logical threads and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60. The four onboard 1 GbE ports and optional 10 GbE daughter cards handle typical LAN traffic. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, more than two 900 GB drives out of the box, or single-thread frequency above 2.3 GHz should look at something else.

Maximum memory capacity of 1536 GB

The platform supports up to 1536 GB of DDR4 across 24 slots using 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB modules at speeds up to 2400 MT/s, actual speed dependent on the installed processors. This ceiling determines whether the chassis can grow with future workload demands.