DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v4 2.0GHz 14-core 256GB DDR4 24x 2.4TB SAS H730

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rack chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors deliver twenty-eight cores at 2.0 GHz with 3.2 GHz turbo. Two hundred fifty-six gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory occupy eight of twenty-four slots. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages the twenty-four 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives.

Ideal for Capacity-Heavy Workloads

Organisations running databases, virtual desktop infrastructure or data-warehouse nodes benefit from the high drive count and redundant 750 W platinum power supplies. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links plus iDRAC 8 Enterprise remote management simplify deployment. Buyers who need GPU compute slots or more than two processor sockets should evaluate other platforms.

24-Bay 2.5-Inch SAS Chassis

The defining constraint is the twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS drive bays backed by a 12 Gb/s H730 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. This density determines whether the system fits the storage capacity and I/O profile of the intended workload.