DELL PowerEdge R730xd 12x3.5" 2x Xeon E5-2620 v3 768GB DDR4

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 12-Bay Server

The DELL PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack-mount server system built for storage-dense workloads. It arrives with two Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 processors running at 2.4GHz and 768GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed. The chassis supports up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA or SAS drives via a PERC H730 RAID controller. Integrated graphics and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management come standard.

Suits storage-heavy tasks, not GPU compute

This configuration suits buyers who need maximum internal drive bays and high memory capacity in a standard rack footprint. The dual six-core CPUs and large DDR4 pool handle virtualisation, database, and backup workloads well. Builders who require PCIe add-in cards for GPU acceleration, more than two processor sockets, or a smaller form factor should look at different platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis paired with the PERC H730 controller. It sets the raw storage ceiling and determines whether your dataset fits inside one box. Two 1100W power supplies and quad-port 10GbE/1GbE networking are included, but no drives ship with the unit.