DELL PowerEdge R730 8LFF Xeon E5-2697 v4 2.3GHz 18C 256GB DDR4 No Drive

Eight-bay 3.5-inch rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server built for data-centre workloads that demand high core counts and large memory capacity. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 processor running at 2.3 GHz with 18 cores and 45 MB cache. The system includes 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730 SAS RAID controller supporting up to eight 3.5-inch SATA drives.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing room to grow

This configuration suits teams running virtualised environments, database instances or compute clusters that benefit from the second empty CPU socket and memory headroom up to 768 GB. Buyers who need more than one processor installed, integrated graphics performance beyond basic output, or a smaller chassis should evaluate alternative platforms. The dual 495 W power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise licence support remote management and redundancy in standard racks.

Single Xeon E5-2697 v4 with 18 cores at 2.3 GHz

The installed processor delivers 18 cores at 2.3 GHz with 45 MB cache, defining the baseline compute throughput for this server. A second identical CPU can be added later to double thread count without changing the motherboard. Memory type is fixed to DDR4 ECC registered, so any expansion must match that specification.