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

2U rack server with single Xeon E5-2609 v3

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server built around one Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz. It ships with 8 GB of DDR4 memory and two 300 GB 15K SAS drives managed by a PERC H330 RAID controller. Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy in a chassis that supports up to eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays.

Suited for entry workloads.

This configuration fits small business virtualisation, file serving or test environments that need redundant power and hardware RAID without a large upfront investment. Buyers who need more than six cores per socket, larger memory footprints or many additional drive bays should look at a higher-specification platform. The single processor limits both PCIe lane count and the number of usable DIMM slots.

Memory ceiling fixed at 8 GB with one CPU installed

The system board offers 24 DIMM slots, yet the specification lists a maximum memory capacity of 8 GB for this build. Only the 12 slots wired to the installed processor are active, and the supplied 8 GB module already occupies one of them. Expanding memory therefore requires adding a second compatible processor to unlock the remaining slots and raise the supported capacity.