DELL PowerEdge R730 8SFF 2x Xeon E5-2698 v4 512GB DDR4

Dell PowerEdge R730 2.5" Chassis

This Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 processors running at 2.2 GHz with twenty cores each. It ships with 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730 SAS RAID controller. The eight-bay 2.5-inch chassis supports SAS hard drives, though no drives are installed in this configuration. Remote management is handled by iDRAC8 with an Enterprise licence.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing high core

The dual twenty-core CPUs and 512 GB of DDR4 make this system a strong fit for virtualisation clusters, database workloads or compute-heavy applications that benefit from forty total threads. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays and SAS controller support high-density storage arrays. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, 10 GbE networking beyond the installed Intel X540/I350 adapters, or memory beyond the 768 GB maximum should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 SAS controller with eight 2.5-inch bays

The installed PERC H730 RAID controller manages SAS drives across the eight front-accessible 2.5-inch bays, providing hardware RAID for redundancy and performance. No drives are included, so the buyer must supply compatible SAS storage to complete the deployment. The controller and backplane combination determines the storage topology and limits the drive types that can be used.