DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 12 x 3.5" E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 64GB DDR4 3x 1TB SATA H730

Dense Storage Server

This 2U rack system fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drives behind a Dell Perc H730 RAID controller. A single Xeon E5-2650 v3 supplies ten cores at 2.3 GHz with twenty threads, while 64 GB of DDR4 occupies part of the twenty-four DIMM slots. Three enterprise 1 TB SATA drives and dual 750 W redundant supplies ship installed.

Suits Archive Workloads

Buyers who need maximum 3.5-inch density in a short rack depth will match the twelve-bay layout and 52 TB raw ceiling. Teams that require a second processor, GPU acceleration, or all-flash performance should evaluate other platforms. The single-CPU configuration also limits total memory to the installed 64 GB unless a second socket is populated.

Perc H730 RAID Controller

The H730 adds 1 GB cache and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA drives. It occupies a dedicated slot so all six PCIe 3.0 slots remain free for networking or expansion cards. This controller choice defines the storage topology for the entire chassis.