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Dell PowerEdge R730 2U rack server, silver front bezel with eight 2.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730 8SFF 2× Xeon E5-2630 v3 384GB DDR4

SKU CH-2HYQ-FWPGP

A 2U rack server with two Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors, 384GB DDR4 ECC memory, PERC H730 SAS controller and eight 2.5-inch drive bays

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM384 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.4 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors at 2.4GHz for multi-threaded workloads
  • 384GB DDR4 ECC registered memory supports large virtualisation deployments
  • Dell PERC H730 SAS controller enables hardware RAID across eight 2.5" drive bays
  • iDRAC8 Enterprise licence provides remote console and lifecycle management
  • Dual 495W power supplies deliver redundant power for continuous operation

Dual Xeon E5-2630 v3 Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors running at 2.4GHz. It ships with 384GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed and supports a maximum capacity of 768GB. The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch drive bays and includes a PERC H730 SAS controller for storage management. This configuration targets virtualisation hosts, database nodes and compute clusters that require dense memory and dual-socket processing.

Thermals Noise and Power Draw

Dual 495W power supplies deliver redundant power for the 12th-generation platform. The system uses integrated graphics and relies on the standard R730 cooling design to manage thermal output from the two 8-core CPUs and 384GB of DDR4 memory under typical workloads. iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management provides hardware health monitoring including temperature and fan-speed telemetry without requiring a local console.

iDRAC8 Enterprise and Network Bundle

iDRAC8 Enterprise licensing enables full remote KVM, virtual media and lifecycle controller features for lights-out administration. The installed network card adds two 10GbE and two 1GbE ports using Intel I350/X540 controllers for flexible uplink options. A rail kit is available on request to simplify rack installation. Buyers who need pre-installed storage drives or GPU acceleration should specify those additions before ordering.

How it compares

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Price $1,224.99
Cheaper than about 67% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 384 GB
Higher than about 75% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.4 GHz
Higher than about 60% of the 9,950 comparable items (median 2.3 GHz).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.4 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM384 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity768 GB
Storage
Installed storage4,00
Disk controllerDell PERC H730 SAS Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Graphics
Graphics chipIntegrated Graphics
Size & build
Product dimensions36 × 24 × 10 in
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 - Enterprise License

Questions about this item

How do I install the E5-2630 v3 processors into the R730, and which step do people often get wrong?

Align the CPU notches with the socket keys, lower the carrier straight down, then torque the retention screws in the numbered sequence; skipping the sequence warps the socket and causes boot failures.

What maintenance will the 384GB DDR4 memory need later?

DDR4 ECC registered modules are solid-state and require no scheduled replacement; run the built-in memory test in iDRAC8 annually to catch correctable errors before they become uncorrectable.

What limit appears first on the PERC H730 controller under sustained write load?

The controller cache and SAS backplane bandwidth saturate before the 2.4GHz Xeon cores, so write throughput plateaus at the H730's maximum sustained rate.

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