DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22 Core 128GB DDR4 24x 800GB SSD H730

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd packs 24 drive bays and dual 22-core Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors into a 2U rack chassis. It ships with 128GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory and a PERC H730 controller with battery-backed cache. Twenty-four 800GB SATA SSDs deliver high-capacity flash storage in a single appliance. Redundant 750W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise management complete the package.

Ideal for capacity-heavy workloads

This configuration suits databases, virtual desktop infrastructure and data-warehouse nodes that benefit from many SATA SSD slots and high core counts. The quad-port 1GbE and 10Gb SFP+ daughter card supports mixed network traffic without extra cards. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets, more than 1.5TB of memory or drive interfaces other than SATA and SAS should evaluate alternative platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch SATA/SAS backplane

The chassis provides 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch bays wired to the PERC H730 controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This bay count and controller combination is the decisive factor for deployments that require dense local storage with hardware RAID in a 2U form factor.