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

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 12 x 3.5" 15K E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 300GB SAS H730

SKU CH-WGJ7-VFSFN

2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays, single Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core 2.4GHz processor, 16GB DDR4, three 300GB 15K SAS drives and H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Eight-core Xeon E5-2630 v3 at 2.4 GHz for multi-threaded workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory with 24 DIMM slots for future expansion
  • Three 300 GB 15K SAS drives delivering high IOPS
  • H730 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies for continuous uptime

Dense storage server for archive workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays into a 2U rack frame. A single Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 memory drive the platform. Three 300 GB 15K SAS drives and an H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache are installed. The system targets teams that need high spindle count in minimal rack space.

Dual 750 W supplies share load for redundancy

Two hot-swap power modules operate in parallel so a single failure does not interrupt service. The 2U chassis uses front-to-rear airflow across the drive bay zone and the CPU heat sinks. Fan speeds scale with inlet temperature and drive activity. Acoustic output is typical for a density-optimised rack server in a data-centre aisle.

H730 controller enables broad RAID choice

The onboard H730 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA media. iDRAC8 Express provides out-of-band hardware monitoring and remote console access without an operating system. Six PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated RAID slot allow network or GPU expansion. No operating system is included; the buyer supplies the hypervisor or application stack.

How it compares

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

Price $433.99
Cheaper than about 93% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 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
Model namePowerEdge R730XD
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage52 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How do I install the Dell Perc H730 RAID controller in the PowerEdge R730XD, and what step is often missed?

The H730 controller installs in the dedicated RAID card slot separate from the six PCIe 3.0 slots; the step often missed is connecting the SAS cables from the 12-bay backplane to the controller before closing the chassis.

What maintenance will the three 300 GB 15K SAS drives need later?

The 15K SAS drives are mechanical; plan to monitor SMART data via iDRAC8 and replace any drive that shows reallocated sectors or excessive latency, using the hot-plug bays without downtime.

What limit appears first under sustained heavy I/O on this server?

The H730 1 GB cache and 12 Gbps SAS interface can saturate before the 15K drives reach peak throughput, so sustained random write workloads hit the controller cache limit first.

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