DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2650 v3 10-core 2.3 GHz 16 GB DDR4 3× 4 TB SAS H330

Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server designed for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 processors, 16 GB of DDR4 memory and three 4 TB SAS hard drives. The chassis supports up to twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays and includes a PERC H330 RAID controller with redundant 750 W power supplies.

Suited for dense local storage.

This configuration suits buyers who need a deep drive bay count and hardware RAID in a compact 2U form factor. The installed memory is fixed at 16 GB and the board offers twenty-four DIMM slots for later expansion. Buyers who need large memory capacity out of the box or who require PCIe slots for GPU acceleration should look at a different platform.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays with PERC H330 RAID

The defining specification is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug backplane paired with the PERC H330 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. This combination determines whether the server can hold the required number of SAS or SATA drives and deliver the desired redundancy level.