DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10-Core 512GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual Xeon 10-core 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rackmount server system built around two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors. Each CPU runs at 2.6 GHz with ten cores and a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. The chassis ships with 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across sixteen 32 GB modules. Eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS hard drives connect through a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits teams consolidating virtual machines, running database workloads or deploying virtual desktop infrastructure where high core counts and large memory capacity matter. The SAS drive array and quad-port 1 GbE plus dual 10 GbE SFP+ networking support storage-heavy applications. Organisations that require solid-state boot volumes, GPU acceleration or more than two processor sockets will need a different platform.

512 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory

The installed 512 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory fills sixteen of the twenty-four available DIMM slots. This capacity supports dense virtualisation and in-memory databases without immediate expansion. Buyers planning workloads that exceed 1.5 TB total system memory should verify the maximum supported capacity before purchase.