DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 512GB DDR4 24x 600GB SAS H730

Dense storage compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits 24 SAS drives and two 14-core Xeon processors into a 2U rack chassis with redundant 750 W power supplies. It targets midsize and large enterprises running data-warehouse, e-commerce, VDI, database or HPC data-node workloads. The PERC H730 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. iDRAC 8 Enterprise provides full remote management.

Suits capacity-heavy workloads

Buyers who need 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch bays, dual-socket Xeon performance and 512 GB of registered ECC DDR4 in a single 2U enclosure will match this configuration. Organisations requiring more than two processor sockets, GPU acceleration or drive interfaces other than SAS and SATA should evaluate other platforms. The quad-port 1 GbE and 10 Gb SFP+ daughter card covers typical rack networking needs.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS chassis

The defining specification is the 24-drive 2.5-inch SAS backplane paired with the H730 RAID controller, which determines both raw capacity ceiling and I/O throughput for the workloads listed above. Sixteen 32 GB modules populate 16 of 24 DIMM slots, leaving room to reach the 1.5 TB memory maximum. Two 750 W platinum supplies deliver redundant power for the fully populated system.