We take cryptocurrency — so the coins you hold can buy real hardware.Pay in crypto, spend it on real hardware. Free insured shipping worldwide over $399. Plain, unbranded boxes, sent from Germany.Free insured shipping over $399. Your rate is locked for 30 minutes once checkout opens.Rate locked 30 minutes. Every item sealed, serial-checked and covered by a 24-month warranty.Sealed, 24-month warranty.

Saved items Sign in
Black 2U rack server front with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and LCD panel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2630v3 2.4GHz 32GB DDR4 3x 300GB SAS H730

SKU CH-X26J-FB95A

2U rack server with dual Xeon E5-2630v3 CPUs, 32GB DDR4, three 300GB 15K SAS drives and H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
  • Installed RAM32 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon E5-2630v3 eight-core CPUs deliver 32 virtual threads
  • 32 GB DDR4 memory with 24 DIMM slots for expansion
  • Three 300 GB 15K SAS drives on H730 RAID controller
  • 12 hot-plug 3.5" drive bays support up to 52 TB capacity
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the server running

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack system built around two Xeon E5-2630v3 eight-core processors running at 2.4 GHz with 32 GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots. It ships with three 300 GB 15 000 rpm SAS drives and a Perc H730 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, all powered by redundant 750 W supplies.

Suits storage-heavy workloads.

This server fits organisations that need up to 12 hot-plug 3.5-inch SAS or SATA bays and hardware RAID in a compact rack footprint. It lacks dedicated GPU support and offers only 1 GbE networking by default, so render farms or high-throughput 10 GbE clusters should look elsewhere.

12-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug chassis

The defining spec is the 12-drive 3.5-inch hot-plug bay count paired with the H730 controller, which together determine whether the platform can absorb your near-line storage target of up to 52 TB raw capacity.

How it compares

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

Price $496.99
Cheaper than about 92% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 32 GB
Lower than about 80% 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.

New to this? Buying server hardware with crypto — what to check, what it costs to pay, and what is never asked for.

Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R730XD
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM32 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity32 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
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)

Other versions of this model

5 more in the same range

Questions about this item

How loud and hot does the dual Xeon E5-2630v3 system run with both 750W redundant supplies active all day?

The 2U chassis uses redundant 750W hot-swap power supplies and 12 x 3.5" drive bays; fan speed scales with CPU and drive load, so sustained full-load operation will increase airflow and heat output accordingly.

Which rails, cables and operating system do I need to supply before the R730XD with Perc H730 controller can boot?

You must provide rack rails, a DVD or USB installation media for the OS, and any additional SAS cables if you populate more than the three included 300GB 15K drives in the 12-bay backplane.

Will my existing 6Gbps SAS or SATA drives work in the 12-bay hot-plug backplane alongside the installed 300GB 15K drives?

Yes, the backplane accepts both 6Gbps SAS and SATA 3.5" drives, so older drives can be mixed with the three factory 300GB 15K SAS drives under the H730 controller.

More in Rack & Tower Servers

Similar items