DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2683 v3 2.0GHz 14-core 128GB DDR4 24x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual-socket 14-core Xeon server

The PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 processors running at 2.0 GHz with 14 cores each. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules and a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Twenty-four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives fill the front bays, while dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise provide redundancy and remote management.

Database and virtualisation clusters

This configuration suits workloads that benefit from high core counts and large local SAS capacity, such as data warehouses, VDI hosts or HPC data nodes. The quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible connectivity. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets, faster memory speeds or solid-state primary storage should evaluate alternative platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS chassis

The defining constraint is the 24-drive 2.5-inch backplane wired to a single PERC H730 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. All 1.2 TB drives are factory-installed, leaving no empty bays for expansion without removing existing disks.