DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2683 v3 2.0GHz 14-core 64GB DDR4 12x 4TB HDD H730

Dual Xeon 14-core 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 processors. Each CPU delivers 14 cores at 2.0 GHz with a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and supports up to 1.5 TB total capacity.

Suits storage-dense workloads, not GPU or all-flash

This configuration targets midsize and large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure or high-performance computing data nodes. The 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis filled with 7.2K SATA hard drives favours capacity over low-latency flash. Organisations needing GPU acceleration, all-flash arrays or higher single-thread clock speeds should evaluate alternative platforms.

12-bay 3.5-inch SATA chassis with H730 RAID

The defining specification is the 12-bay 3.5-inch drive cage paired with the Dell PERC H730 1 GB controller. It provides 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity with battery-backed cache and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This combination determines whether the server matches your storage topology and redundancy requirements.