DELL PowerEdge R730xd 12-Bay 3.5" 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 64GB DDR4 12x 4TB H730

2U 12-Bay Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack-mount server system with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors running at 2.6 GHz, 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory, and a PERC H730 storage controller. Twelve 4 TB enterprise SATA hard drives are installed, providing high-capacity internal storage for data-intensive applications.

Suited for capacity-heavy workloads

This configuration targets midsize and large enterprise environments running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure, databases, or high-performance computing data nodes. The dual-processor layout and large memory ceiling support heavy virtualization. Buyers who require solid-state performance, more than two processor sockets, or a different drive interface should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 RAID controller

The included PERC H730 controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity with 1 GB cache and a battery backup unit. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through mode, determining how the twelve installed drives can be aggregated for redundancy or throughput. This controller choice defines the storage topology available to the operating system.