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Silver 2U rack server with twelve front 3.5-inch drive bays, front bezel and slide rails

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz 16-Core 768GB DDR4 12x 6TB HDD H730

SKU CH-DWF7-3F5GG

A 2U rack server with dual 16-core Xeon processors at 2.1 GHz, 768 GB DDR4 memory, twelve 6 TB SATA hard drives and a PERC H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM768 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Processor core count16-Core Processor
  • Dual 16-core Xeons at 2.1 GHz deliver 32 threads for heavy compute
  • 768 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large virtualisation workloads
  • PERC H730 controller enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with battery-backed cache
  • Twelve 6 TB 7.2K SATA drives provide high-density storage in 2U
  • Dual 750 W platinum supplies and iDRAC 8 Enterprise ensure resilient remote management

Rack Server for Data-Intensive Workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server designed for midsize and large enterprise workloads such as data warehouses, e-commerce, virtual desktop infrastructure, databases and high-performance computing as a data node. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 processors running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores each, 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and a PERC H730 storage controller with 1 GB cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.

Suits Storage-Heavy Applications.

This configuration targets buyers who need high-capacity spinning-disk storage in a dense 2U form factor, delivered by twelve 6 TB 7.2 K SATA drives and quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports. iDRAC 8 Enterprise and redundant 750 W platinum power supplies simplify remote management and uptime. Builds that require all-flash performance, GPU acceleration or more than two sockets are not addressed by this platform.

12-Bay 3.5-Inch Chassis Limits Drive Count

The single specification that decides fit is the 12-bay 3.5-inch drive chassis paired with the PERC H730 controller. It fixes the maximum number of installed drives at twelve SATA or SAS hard disks and determines the RAID levels available. Buyers needing more bays, 2.5-inch density or a different controller must choose another system.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $4,659.99
Pricier than about 75% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 768 GB
Higher than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R730XD
Model nameR730xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count16-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 2011-3
ChipsetIntel C610
Processor speed2.1 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM768 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity1.5 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 1 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slots1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot, Single Riser Included (Riser 3)
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

Should I choose the 12-bay 3.5-inch configuration or a smaller drive-count version?

This unit is the 12-bay 3.5-inch model with twelve 6 TB SATA drives installed; no smaller drive-count variant is offered in this listing.

What does the 768 GB DDR4 memory mean for actual workloads?

768 GB of DDR4-2400 registered ECC memory across 24 slots supports large virtualisation clusters, in-memory databases and HPC data nodes with headroom to expand to 1.5 TB.

How does the PERC H730 controller and SATA interface limit drive performance?

The H730 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller with 1 GB cache handles RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, but the twelve 7.2K SATA drives cap sustained throughput to the SATA 6 Gb/s link speed.

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