DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz 16-core 768GB DDR4 24x 600GB SAS H730

Dual-socket Xeon compute node

The PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores and a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 DIMM slots, leaving room to grow toward the 1.5 TB maximum. The platform targets midsize and large enterprises running data warehouses, virtual desktop infrastructure, databases or high-performance computing workloads where core count and memory capacity matter more than single-thread speed.

24-bay SAS storage and quad-port networking

Twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays accept 12 Gb/s SAS or SATA drives; the unit includes 24 enterprise 600 GB 10K SAS disks managed by a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache and battery-backed write cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through. A quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE ports and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports for flexible uplink topology. Dual hot-swap 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the infrastructure-ready package, while included rails and bezel simplify rack integration.

Sustained throughput for storage-heavy workloads

With all 32 cores active and the memory subsystem populated to 768 GB, the server maintains consistent performance during extended database scans, VDI boot storms or HPC data-node duties. The H730 controller’s battery-backed cache absorbs write bursts without throttling, and the 10 K SAS spindle set delivers steady random I/O under continuous load. Dual redundant power supplies and enterprise-class cooling keep thermals stable in dense rack rows, so the system sustains its rated throughput without the frequency drops seen in short-benchmark runs.