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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U Rack Server 2x E5-2609v3 16GB 3x 600GB SAS H330

SKU CH-D6TQ-K9PBH

2U rack server with dual Xeon E5-2609v3 CPUs, 16GB DDR4, three 600GB 15K SAS drives and an H330 RAID controller supporting twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays

  • ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon E5-2609v3 six-core CPUs deliver multi-threaded compute
  • 16GB DDR4 memory supports virtualisation workloads
  • Three 600GB 15K SAS drives provide fast storage
  • H330 12Gbps RAID controller enables RAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
  • Dual 750W redundant power supplies maintain uptime

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays in a 2U rack form. Dual Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processors run at 1.9 GHz with 16 GB of DDR4 installed across twenty-four DIMM slots. A PERC H330 controller manages the three included 600 GB 15 K SAS drives and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60.

Archive and capacity workloads

This chassis suits teams that need large sequential capacity and redundant power in a shallow rack footprint. The 750 W redundant supplies and four 1 GbE ports are ready for always-on file or backup duties. Buyers who need more than twelve drive bays, faster per-core clock speeds or integrated 10 GbE networking should look at a different platform.

Twelve-bay 3.5-inch limit

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bay maximum. If the deployment requires more spindles or 2.5-inch density beyond this count, the R730XD cannot accommodate it.

How it compares

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

Price $482.99
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
ProcessorDual Intel 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 H330 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
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 3.5" SAS drives into the 12 hot-plug bays, and what step is often missed?

Slide each drive into a bay until the latch clicks, then configure the virtual disk in the H330 RAID BIOS before the OS sees the volume.

What maintenance will the 600GB 15K SAS drives and redundant 750W power supplies need later?

Monitor SMART attributes on the three 600GB drives and replace any that report reallocated sectors; swap a failed 750W unit while the server runs.

What limit appears first when the dual E5-2609v3 CPUs run sustained workloads?

The 16GB DDR4 ceiling across 24 DIMM slots caps memory-bound tasks before the six-core 1.9GHz processors saturate.

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