DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24-Bay 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10-Core 768GB DDR4 H730 2x 400GB SSD

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server that fits twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a compact chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors provide twenty cores at 2.6 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. A PERC H730 controller manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SATA and SAS devices. The system ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory and two 400 GB SATA SSDs.

Virtualisation and Database Nodes

Organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, database clusters or data-warehouse workloads will benefit from the high core count, large memory capacity and dense local storage. The quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible connectivity. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets or memory beyond 1.5 TB should evaluate other platforms because this chassis maxes out at two CPUs and twenty-four DIMM slots.

Twenty-Four Drive Bays Define Capacity

The defining specification is the twenty-four-bay 2.5-inch front panel that lets you populate up to 24 SATA or SAS drives behind a single PERC H730 controller. This density determines how much active data the node can hold without external enclosures. If your workload requires fewer bays or a different form factor, a smaller chassis may reduce cost and power draw.