DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 12-bay 2×E5-2680 v3 64GB 12×8TB H730

PowerEdge R730xd 12-bay 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server populated with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. It runs dual Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 processors at 2.5 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency and includes 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages the twelve installed 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives, while a quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections. iDRAC8 Enterprise and redundant 750 W platinum power supplies complete the configuration.

Buyers who need dense 3.5-inch storage in 2U

This server suits organisations that want maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a 2U form factor for workloads such as data warehousing, virtual desktop infrastructure or database nodes. The twelve-bay chassis and dual 12-core CPUs provide a balanced compute-to-capacity ratio for those applications. Buyers who require more than 1.5 TB of memory, more than two processor sockets, or solid-state drive performance should evaluate other platforms, as this unit is limited to DDR4 registered DIMMs, a maximum of two CPUs and SATA/SAS hard drives.

PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache

The installed PERC H730 storage controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity and a 1 GB battery-backed cache. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 as well as pass-through mode, letting administrators choose the redundancy and performance profile that matches the twelve 8 TB drives. This controller specification is the primary factor when confirming compatibility with existing drive sets or replication topologies.