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Silver 2U rack server front with eight 2.5-inch drive bays and DVD slot

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 16GB DDR4 H330

SKU CH-1N17-VM0CY

2U rack server with a six-core Xeon E5-2609 v3 at 1.9 GHz, 16 GB DDR4, H330 RAID controller and eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 16GB

HDD None

  • Six-core Xeon E5-2609 v3 at 1.9 GHz handles parallel workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory supports virtualization and database tasks
  • H330 12 Gbps RAID controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the server running during a failure
  • 2U rack chassis with eight 2.5" hot-plug bays fits dense data-centre rows

Server identity and target role

This 2U rack server is built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9GHz with 16GB of DDR4 memory. It suits small-business virtualization hosts, internal application servers or development environments that need redundant power and hot-plug drive bays without a full dual-socket investment.

Bundled controller and expansion

The Dell PERC H330 12Gbps RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 across up to eight 2.5-inch hot-plug SAS or SATA bays. Two 750W redundant power supplies, a DVD-ROM drive and an iDRAC8 Express remote-management module are included; rails, bezel and peripherals are not.

Capacity limits and headroom

Memory tops out at 16GB installed with 24 DIMM slots available for future upgrades to 1536GB using DDR4 modules up to 2400MT/s. Storage scales to 64TB across the eight bays, while seven PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated PERC slot provide room for additional networking or acceleration cards.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $789.99
Cheaper than about 82% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R730
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
Maximum storage64 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How many DDR4 DIMM slots are free for future memory upgrades on the PowerEdge R730?

The server has 24 DDR4 DIMM slots in total, with 12 slots per processor. Since one processor is installed, 12 slots are available for additional DDR4 modules up to 128GB each.

Which component reaches its limit first when the H330 controller runs sustained RAID 5 or 6 workloads?

The H330 12Gbps RAID controller manages the array, so its processing throughput and cache become the bottleneck before the 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drive interfaces saturate.

What is the typical power draw and heat output when both 750W redundant supplies run the R730 continuously?

Dual 750W redundant power supplies share the load, drawing only what the E5-2609 v3 CPU, 16GB DDR4, H330 controller and up to eight drives require, keeping heat proportional to actual component demand.

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