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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and front bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x E5-2680 v3 128GB 12x 8TB H730

SKU CH-FS2Q-1VKDY

A 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, dual 12-core Xeon processors, 128GB DDR4 memory and a PERC H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Processor core count12-Core Processor
  • Dual 12-core Xeon CPUs at 2.5 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo for heavy compute
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory across 24 slots up to 1.5 TB capacity
  • 12 x 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives on H730 RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 controller
  • Quad-port X520/I350 with 2 x 1 GbE and 2 x 10 Gb SFP+ links
  • Redundant 750 W platinum PSUs hot-swap with iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management

2U 12-Bay Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built around twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 processors deliver 24 cores at 2.5 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo. One hundred and twenty-eight gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise complete the platform.

Ideal for capacity-focused workloads

This system suits organisations that need dense 3.5-inch storage for databases, virtual desktop infrastructure, data warehousing or high-performance computing data nodes. The quad-port network card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections. Buyers who need more than two processors, more than 1.5 TB of memory, or a chassis beyond 2U height should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 RAID controller

The installed PERC H730 1 GB controller manages all twelve SATA drives and provides battery-backed cache for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This single component determines whether the server can deliver the redundancy and performance profile your storage workload requires.

How it compares

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Price $2,925.99
Pricier than about 64% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 128 GB
Typical for this category: the median of 15,103 items is 128 GB.
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R730XD
Model nameR730xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count12-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 2011-3
ChipsetIntel C610
Processor speed2.5 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM128 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity1.5 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 1 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slots1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot, Single Riser Included (Riser 3)
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

How often should the PERC H730 controller battery be checked or replaced?

The H730 battery backs the 1 GB cache; Dell recommends checking it during routine maintenance and replacing it if the iDRAC 8 Enterprise console reports a degraded state.

Which component hits its ceiling first during continuous heavy I/O on the twelve 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives?

The 7.2 K spindle speed and SATA 6 Gb/s interface limit sustained throughput before the H730 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller or the dual 10 GbE SFP+ ports become bottlenecks.

What noise and heat levels should I expect from the dual 750 W Platinum PSUs and fans when the server runs 24/7 at full load?

Dual 750 W Platinum supplies run efficiently; the 2U chassis fans ramp up to cool two 12-core Xeons at 2.5 GHz base and twelve spinning drives, producing noticeable but typical rack-mount noise.

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