DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 48GB DDR4 2x 1TB SATA H330

2U rack server for virtualised workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 processor with 10 cores at 2.3 GHz. It ships with 48 GB of DDR4 memory and two 1 TB 7.2K SATA drives on a PERC H330 RAID controller. Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy for continuous operation in a data-centre rack. The system includes iDRAC8 remote management and a DVD-ROM drive.

48 GB DDR4 ceiling and 64 TB storage headroom

Installed memory sits at 48 GB across 24 DIMM slots, reaching the maximum supported by the current single-processor configuration. Adding a second Xeon would unlock the full 1536 GB capacity using DDR4 modules up to 2400 MT/s. The H330 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 across up to eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays, allowing a raw ceiling of 64 TB with SAS or SATA drives. The two supplied 1 TB drives offer a modest starting point for OS and light data volumes.

Seven PCIe 3.0 slots and quad 1 GbE networking

The chassis provides up to seven PCIe 3.0 expansion slots plus a dedicated PERC slot for the RAID card, leaving room for additional NICs, HBAs or GPU accelerators. A daughter card supplies four 1 GbE ports as standard, with optional 10 GbE NDC upgrades available. The 2U form factor fits standard racks, while redundant power and hot-plug drive bays simplify maintenance without downtime. No operating system is included.