DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 2x 300GB SAS H330

Dell PowerEdge R730 2U server

This 2U rack server ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor running at 2.3 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 memory. It includes two 300 GB 15K SAS drives on a PERC H330 RAID controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and an iDRAC8 remote management module are fitted as standard. The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays and up to seven PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated PERC slot.

Suits single-socket workloads needing SAS storage

The system is aimed at buyers who need a compact rack server with hardware RAID and redundant power for virtualisation, database or file-serving tasks using SAS or SATA drives. The single installed CPU leaves the second socket empty, so applications that require two processors from day one will not run at full capacity. Organisations that need solid-state storage, 10 GbE networking or an operating system pre-installed should evaluate other configurations because those items are not included.

16 GB DDR4 memory ceiling with one CPU

The specifications list a maximum memory capacity of 16 GB when only one processor is populated, even though the board contains 24 DIMM slots. Adding the second Xeon unlocks the full 1536 GB limit, so the installed 16 GB is both the starting point and the hard ceiling for this specific configuration. Buyers planning larger memory footprints must budget for the second processor to access the remaining DIMM slots.