DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-Core 128GB DDR4 24x 2.4TB SAS H730

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a two-rack-unit chassis. Two Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors each deliver fourteen cores at 2.4 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. One hundred twenty-eight gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory occupy eight of the twenty-four DIMM slots. The PERC H730 controller with one gigabyte cache manages RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the twenty-four installed 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives.

Suited for capacity-heavy workloads

This configuration targets databases, virtual desktop infrastructure and data-warehouse nodes that prioritise raw spindle capacity and dual-processor throughput. The quad-port network daughter card supplies two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible fabric attachment. Buyers who need solid-state performance or more than two processor sockets should evaluate alternative platforms. The system ships with iDRAC 8 Enterprise, dual 750 watt platinum power supplies, rails and bezel.

Twenty-four 2.4 TB SAS drives decide fit

The single specification that determines suitability is the storage array: twenty-four 2.4 TB 10K SAS disks behind a H730 controller. That combination fixes usable capacity, IOPS ceiling and RAID overhead for the workload. If the application demands a different drive count, interface or media type, this server is not the correct part.