DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 12×3.5" E5-2630v3 2.4GHz 64GB DDR4 H330

Dense 3.5-inch storage in 2U

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS or SATA drives in a 2U rack chassis. A single Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz and 64 GB of DDR4 memory are installed. The H330 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM are included.

Suits capacity-focused workloads

This server suits teams that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a shallow rack footprint for backup, archive or software-defined storage. Buyers who need the second processor socket populated, PCIe add-in cards beyond the six available slots, or 10 GbE networking without adding a daughter card should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays decide fit

The defining specification is the twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays backed by the H330 RAID controller. If the workload requires that many large-form-factor drives in 2U, this chassis matches; if fewer bays or 2.5-inch density are needed, a different platform will be more efficient.