DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz 16 Core 64GB DDR4 12x 4TB H730 iDRAC8 2x 750W

2U 12-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, dual Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 processors, 64GB of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730 storage controller. Redundant 750W power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management are included. It is suited for data-intensive workloads such as databases, virtual desktop infrastructure and high-performance computing data nodes.

Storage-heavy workloads and remote management

This platform suits buyers who need high-density 3.5-inch hard-drive capacity in a compact rack form factor with hardware RAID and out-of-band management. Builders who require all-flash performance, GPU-accelerated compute or more than two processor sockets should look elsewhere because the chassis supports only two CPUs and the backplane is designed for SATA/SAS hard drives.

PERC H730 RAID controller with 1GB cache

The installed PERC H730 provides 12Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode, backed by a 1GB battery-backed cache. This single component determines whether the server can meet your redundancy and throughput requirements for the twelve installed 4TB 7.2K SATA drives.