DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U Rack Server 12 x 3.5" 2x E5-2650v3 10C 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 H730

Capacity and Form Factor

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays, built for storage-dense workloads. Dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 processors deliver twenty cores and forty threads at 2.3 GHz, while the Perc H730 RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA drives. Redundant 750 W power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management complete the platform.

Storage-Focused Teams vs Compute-Heavy Buyers

This chassis suits teams that need high raw capacity in a compact rack footprint, such as backup targets, media archives or software-defined storage nodes. The four 1 GbE ports handle moderate network throughput, and six PCIe 3.0 slots allow additional NICs or HBAs. Buyers who require more than twelve drive bays, faster memory speeds than 2400 MT/s or a newer processor architecture should evaluate alternative platforms.

Drive Bay Count Decides Fit

The twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays set the maximum internal storage at 52 TB when populated with the largest supported drives. If the workload demands more bays or a different form factor, this server will not meet the requirement.