DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2699 v3 2.3GHz 18-core 128GB DDR4 2× 800GB SSD H730

Dual 18-core Xeon density for data-intensive

The PowerEdge R730xd packs two Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors, each with 18 cores at 2.3 GHz and a 3.6 GHz turbo, into a 2U rack chassis. This configuration targets midsize and large enterprises running data warehouses, VDI, databases or HPC data nodes where core count and memory capacity matter more than single-thread speed. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or single-socket licensing economics should look elsewhere.

24 DIMM slots supporting up to 1.5 TB DDR4

The system ships with 128 GB of registered ECC DDR4 across eight 16 GB modules, leaving 16 slots free for expansion. Memory runs at 2133 MHz on the Intel C610 chipset with LGA 2011-3 sockets. This ceiling determines whether the server can hold your working set; workloads requiring more than 1.5 TB will need a different platform.

24-bay 2.5-inch front storage with PERC H730 RAID

Twenty-four hot-swap bays accept SATA or SAS drives behind a Dell PERC H730 1 GB controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. Two 800 GB SATA SSDs are installed; the remaining bays are open for capacity or tiered storage. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies, an X520/I350 quad-port network card with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links, iDRAC8 Enterprise and sliding rails complete the build-ready package.