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Silver 2U rack server with eight 2.5 inch drive bays and dual power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730 rack server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 8GB DDR4 2x 900GB SAS H330

SKU CH-9KTQ-Z234F

2U rack server with single ten-core 2.3 GHz Xeon, 8 GB DDR4, two 900 GB 10K SAS drives and H330 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM8 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 8GB

HDD 2 x 900GB

  • Ten-core Xeon at 2.3 GHz for parallel workloads
  • 8 GB DDR4 installed, expandable to 1536 GB across 24 slots
  • Dual 900 GB 10K SAS drives with hot-plug bays
  • H330 12 Gbps RAID controller supports RAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the 2U server running

Ready-to-run 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 arrives with a single Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor at 2.3 GHz, 8 GB of DDR4 memory and two 900 GB 10K SAS drives on an H330 RAID controller. It is aimed at teams that need a validated 2U platform for virtualization, database or file workloads without waiting for a custom build.

Thermals, noise and power draw

Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies share the load and keep the system running if one unit fails, while the 2U chassis uses managed airflow to cool the CPU, memory and drive bays under typical enterprise duty cycles. Acoustic output follows Dell's rack-profile fan curves and will be noticeable in quiet office spaces.

Build quality and daily connectivity

The 8-bay 2.5-inch hot-plug front panel lets you swap drives without tools, and the H330 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 for flexible redundancy. A DVD-ROM, four 1 GbE ports on the NDC and up to seven PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated PERC slot provide room for network or storage expansion. iDRAC8 Express gives remote console and lifecycle management out of the box.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $862.99
Cheaper than about 79% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 8 GB
Lower than about 95% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R730
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM8 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity8 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
Maximum storage64 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How do I install the second Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 processor, and which step is commonly missed?

Insert the second CPU into the empty socket, apply thermal paste, attach its heatsink, then populate the 12 DIMM slots assigned to that processor so memory is balanced across both CPUs.

Which components will need replacement first during long-term operation?

The two 900 GB 10K SAS drives and the two 750 W redundant power supplies are the primary field-replaceable units; fans and the DVD-ROM drive are also hot-swappable.

What limit appears first when the server runs sustained heavy workloads?

The single installed processor caps compute at 10 cores and 20 threads, and the 8 GB DDR4 memory ceiling is reached before the 24 DIMM slots or 64 TB storage maximum become constraints.

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