Dell PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2650 v3 10-core 2.3GHz 8GB DDR4 2x 2TB SAS H730

Dell PowerEdge R730 2U rack server

This 2U rack server ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor running at 2.3 GHz and 8 GB of DDR4 memory. It includes a PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache and two 2 TB 7.2K SAS drives in hot-plug bays. The chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch drives and redundant 750 W power supplies. It suits small-business virtualization, file serving or database workloads that need internal storage density.

Sustained load behaviour

The ten cores and twenty threads handle multi-threaded services such as hypervisor hosts or SQL instances without the frequency drops seen in burst-only cooling designs. Dual 750 W redundant supplies keep the system running if one unit fails during continuous operation. The H730 controller maintains RAID 5 or 6 parity calculations across the SAS drives during long rebuilds or heavy write streams. Memory bandwidth scales with a second processor when the workload grows beyond the single-socket limit.

Pre-order checklist

Verify the rack depth can accommodate the 26.8-inch chassis and that the 58 lb weight is within your rail rating. Confirm the facility provides two independent PDU circuits for the redundant power supplies. Ensure the operating system you plan to install supports the PERC H730 driver and the Intel C610 chipset. Check that any additional DDR4 modules you intend to add match the 2400 MT/s specification and are installed in matched sets per processor.