DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 512GB DDR4 2x 800GB SSD

Enterprise 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mounted server system built for midsize and large enterprise workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors, each running at 2.4 GHz with 14 cores and a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. The platform includes 512 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 modules and two 800 GB SATA solid-state drives. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support.

Virtualisation and database nodes

This server suits organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, database clusters, data-warehouse nodes or high-performance computing tasks that benefit from 28 total cores and a large memory footprint. The quad-port network daughter card delivers two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for flexible fabric integration. Buyers who require more than two processor sockets, GPU compute modules or storage interfaces beyond SATA and SAS should evaluate other platforms.

Dual-socket 28-core ceiling

The installed processor pair reaches the platform maximum of two CPUs and 28 combined cores, so the 1.5 TB memory ceiling and 24 DIMM slots represent the final expansion limits. Future growth is constrained to adding memory modules, drives in the remaining six 2.5-inch bays or PCIe cards. Any workload that demands higher core counts or a third socket will need a different server generation.