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2U rack server, matte black front with twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24SFF 2× Xeon E5-2698 v4 512GB DDR4

SKU CH-E1B3-JHCQ9

A 24-bay 2.5-inch rack server with dual Xeon E5-2698 v4 CPUs at 2.2 GHz, 512 GB DDR4 ECC memory, PERC H730 RAID controller, iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management and dual 1100 W power supplies.

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM512 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.2 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • 24 drive bays fit dense storage workloads
  • Dual 20-core Xeon E5-2698 v4 CPUs deliver 40 threads at 2.2 GHz
  • 512 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large virtualised environments
  • PERC H730 RAID controller manages up to 24 SAS drives
  • Dual 10 GbE plus dual 1 GbE ports provide high-throughput networking

24-bay 2.5" rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits 24 small-form-factor drive bays in a 2U rack chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2698 v4 processors deliver 20 cores each at 2.2 GHz with 50 MB cache per CPU. The system ships with 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730 SAS RAID controller. Integrated graphics and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management are included.

Suits dense storage clusters, not GPU farms

This platform targets workloads that need many SAS drives behind a hardware RAID controller — backup repositories, software-defined storage nodes or archive tiers. The 24-bay chassis and dual-CPU memory capacity support high-throughput sequential workloads. Buyers who need GPU compute trays, PCIe flash backplanes or single-thread speeds above 2.2 GHz should evaluate other form factors.

512 GB DDR4 ECC memory installed

The server arrives with 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered DIMMs populated across both processors. Maximum supported capacity is 768 GB, leaving headroom for future expansion if the application demands more working set. Memory type and generation are fixed to DDR4; other DDR generations are physically incompatible.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $2,023.99
Typical for this category: the median of 17,641 items is $1,910.99.
Installed RAM 512 GB
Higher than about 80% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.2 GHz
Lower than about 60% of the 9,950 comparable items (median 2.3 GHz).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.2 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM512 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity768 GB
Storage
Installed storage14,40
Disk controllerDell PERC H730 SAS Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Graphics
Graphics chipIntegrated Graphics
Size & build
Product dimensions36 × 24 × 10 in
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 - Enterprise License

Questions about this item

Does the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis ship with any drives or must I supply all SAS drives separately?

The listing states hard drives are not installed; the 24 SFF bays accept SAS drives you provide or add through the supplier.

With two Xeon E5-2698 v4 CPUs already installed, is there any processor upgrade path?

The board supports a maximum of two processors and both sockets are already populated with the 20-core 2.2 GHz units.

What does the 512 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory mean for actual workload capacity?

The system runs 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered RAM today and the platform maximum is 768 GB.

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