DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24 Bay 2.5" 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 8-Core 256GB DDR4 H730 2x 300GB SAS

Dense 2U storage server

This Dell PowerEdge R730xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rack chassis. Two Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors run at 2.6 GHz with eight cores each, supported by 256 GB of DDR4 memory across eight 32 GB modules. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages SAS and SATA drives through twelve-gigabit links.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

The configuration suits organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, data-warehouse workloads or high-performance computing data nodes that benefit from high core counts and large memory capacity. Buyers who need more than two sockets or require GPU acceleration should evaluate other platforms.

Twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS bays

The chassis accepts up to twenty-four SAS hard drives or solid-state drives, with two 300 GB 10 K SAS drives already installed. Expansion beyond that limit means adding external enclosures or selecting a different server model.