DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v3 2.5GHz 12-Core 768GB DDR4 24x 300GB SAS H730

High-density 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server populated with dual Xeon E5-2680 v3 processors, each running at 2.5 GHz with 12 cores. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and a PERC H730 storage controller with 1 GB cache. Twenty-four 300 GB 10K SAS drives fill the front bays, and dual 750 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Built for storage-heavy workloads

This configuration suits environments that need large raw capacity and hardware RAID flexibility in a compact rack footprint, such as database nodes, virtual desktop infrastructure or data-warehouse appliances. The quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for mixed traffic. Buyers who require solid-state latency or all-flash arrays should evaluate alternative platforms because every installed drive is a 10K SAS hard disk.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS chassis

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis that accepts SAS and SATA drives behind the PERC H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Maximum memory capacity reaches 1.5 TB across the 24 DIMM slots, and iDRAC 8 Enterprise enables full out-of-band management. Confirm that your workload fits the 300 GB per drive capacity and 10K rotational speed before deployment.