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Silver 2U rack server with eight front drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 8GB 2x 300GB 3.5" 15K SAS H330

SKU CH-5A93-CDJHB

A 2U rack server with a six-core 1.9 GHz Xeon, 8 GB DDR4, two 300 GB 15K SAS drives and an H330 RAID controller

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

Installed Memory Size 8GB

HDD 2 x 300GB 15K

  • Six-core Xeon processor delivers steady compute at 1.9 GHz
  • 8 GB DDR4 memory fits 24 slots for future expansion
  • Two 300 GB 15K SAS drives provide fast hot-plug storage
  • H330 RAID controller supports levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the 2U rack running

Server identity

This is a Dell PowerEdge R730 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9GHz. It ships with 8GB of DDR4 memory, two 300GB 15K SAS drives and a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750W redundant power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management are included.

Target fit

The configuration suits small-business workloads such as file serving, print queues or a lightly virtualised test environment that can run within eight drive bays and a single-socket CPU. Organisations needing more than 8GB of RAM out of the box, a second processor, 10GbE networking or GPU-accelerated compute should look at a different specification.

Deciding spec

The installed memory is fixed at 8GB even though the chassis provides 24 DIMM slots and the platform can address up to 1536GB; if the application cannot operate in that footprint the server will require an immediate memory upgrade before deployment.

How it compares

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

Price $917.99
Cheaper than about 77% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 8 GB
Lower than about 95% 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 RAM8 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity8 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
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 often will the two 300 GB 15K SAS drives need to be replaced in a 24/7 workload?

The drives are 15 000 RPM SAS units; enterprise SAS drives at this speed are rated for continuous operation, but plan on a typical five-year replacement cycle for mechanical drives under heavy sustained I/O.

What limits sustained CPU performance first — the single E5-2609 v3 at 1.9 GHz or the 8 GB DDR4?

The single six-core E5-2609 v3 at 1.9 GHz will saturate before the 8 GB DDR4 becomes a bottleneck in most compute-bound tasks.

How much heat and fan noise should I expect from the dual 750 W redundant supplies running all day?

The dual 750 W redundant power supplies share the load; under typical utilisation the system draws well below the combined rating, keeping fan speeds moderate and exhaust heat manageable for a 2U rack.

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