DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v4 14-Core 2.0GHz 256GB DDR4 24x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual-socket 2U server for dense storage workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits 24 front-accessible 2.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rack chassis. Two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors supply 28 cores at 2.0 GHz with 3.2 GHz turbo, backed by 256 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. A PERC H730 controller manages the installed 1.2 TB 10 K SAS drives across RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W platinum supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise and quad-port 1 GbE plus dual 10 GbE SFP+ networking complete the platform.

Suited to capacity-focused databases

Organisations that need high drive counts with hardware RAID and redundant power in a 2U form factor will match this specification. Buyers who require more than two processor sockets, GPU-accelerated compute or storage interfaces beyond SAS and SATA should evaluate other platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS chassis with PERC H730

The single deciding factor is whether the workload fits 24 hot-swap SAS drives behind a 12 Gb/s H730 controller in 2U of rack space. If the application demands that exact drive density and RAID feature set, this server meets it; if it needs a different bay count or controller, another model is required.