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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and front bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 12x 3.5" 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 256GB DDR4 12x 6TB H730

SKU CH-VR67-CNDEV

A 2U rack server with dual 14-core Xeon CPUs at 2.4GHz, 256GB DDR4, a PERC H730 controller and twelve 6TB 3.5" SATA drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM256 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Processor core count14-Core Processor
  • Dual 14-core Xeon CPUs at 2.4 GHz base speed
  • 256 GB DDR4 ECC memory for large datasets
  • Twelve 6 TB enterprise SATA drives for capacity
  • H730 controller with 1 GB cache for RAID flexibility
  • Quad-port 1/10 GbE networking plus iDRAC8 Enterprise

12-Bay 3.5" 2U Server

This Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server populated with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors provide 28 total cores at 2.4 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo. 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory fills eight slots. A PERC H730 controller manages the included twelve 6 TB 7.2K SATA hard drives.

Suited for storage-dense workloads.

The platform targets midsize and large-enterprise tasks such as data warehousing, e-commerce, virtual desktop infrastructure, databases and high-performance computing data nodes. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports is standard. Builds requiring GPU acceleration or all-flash arrays should consider other form factors.

1.5 TB maximum memory capacity

Twenty-four DDR4 slots support up to 1.5 TB of registered ECC memory, allowing substantial future expansion beyond the factory 256 GB. The LGA 2011-3 sockets are already fully populated with two 14-core Xeon processors, so CPU upgrades are not possible without replacing both units. The H730 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes.

How it compares

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Price $2,746.99
Pricier than about 62% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 256 GB
Higher than about 60% 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 R730XD
Model nameR730xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count14-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 2011-3
ChipsetIntel C610
Processor speed2.4 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM256 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity1.5 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 1 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slots1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot, Single Riser Included (Riser 3)
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

Should I pick the 12-bay 3.5" model or a smaller bay count for my storage needs?

The 12-bay 3.5" chassis holds twelve 6 TB SATA drives for dense capacity in 2U; choose it when you need maximum spinning-disk density, otherwise a smaller bay count saves power and space.

What does the 2.4 GHz base clock with 3.3 GHz turbo mean for real workloads on the dual Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPUs?

Two 14-core processors run at 2.4 GHz base and boost to 3.3 GHz under load, giving 28 threads for virtualization, databases or HPC tasks that benefit from high core counts and burst frequency.

How does the PERC H730 controller with 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA affect RAID performance and drive limits?

The H730 1 GB controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 at 12 Gb/s, letting all twelve SATA drives operate at full 6 Gb/s link speed with hardware parity acceleration.

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