DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 22-Core 2.2GHz 256GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual 22-core Xeon Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors, each with 22 cores running at 2.2 GHz and a 3.6 GHz turbo. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules and eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS hard drives managed by a PERC H730 1 GB controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise, a quad-port X520/I350 network daughter card, rails and a bezel complete the package.

Virtualisation and Database Workloads

This configuration suits organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, database clusters or high-performance computing nodes that benefit from 44 total cores and a large SAS drive array. Buyers who need more than 1.5 TB of memory, more than two processor sockets or solid-state primary storage should evaluate alternative platforms.

256 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ECC Memory

The installed memory consists of eight 32 GB DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC DIMMs, filling eight of the 24 available slots and leaving room to scale toward the 1.5 TB maximum. This capacity and speed combination determines how many virtual machines or database buffers the server can handle before an upgrade is required.