DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 2x E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 1.2TB SAS H330

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U server

This rack-mount server delivers dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 processors, each with ten cores at 2.3 GHz, totalling 40 virtual cores with hyper-threading. It ships with 16 GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots and three 1.2 TB SAS drives on a PERC H330 controller. Two redundant 750 W power supplies and a DVD ROM complete the configuration.

Who this suits and who should look elsewhere

Organisations running virtualisation, database or storage-heavy workloads on SAS or SATA drives will fit up to 24 x 2.5" hot-plug bays and six PCIe 3.0 slots. The system maxes at 16 GB installed memory and two sockets, so buyers who need higher memory capacity out of the box or more than two processors should look elsewhere.

Deciding specification: 24-bay 2.5" SAS/SATA chassis

The defining feature is the 24-bay 2.5-inch hot-plug chassis supporting SAS and SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 on the H330 controller. If your deployment requires that density and RAID flexibility, this server matches; if you need a different drive form factor or controller, it does not.