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Silver 2U rack server with twelve front 3.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 16GB DDR4 H330 12×3.5

SKU CH-K1QG-FX8WE

2U rack server with 12 hot-plug 3.5-inch bays, dual 750W redundant power, single Xeon E5-2609 v3 at 1.9GHz, 16GB DDR4 and H330 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • 12 hot-plug 3.5" bays for high-capacity storage
  • Redundant 750 W power supplies protect uptime
  • Single Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core 1.9 GHz processor
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory with 24 DIMM slots for expansion
  • H330 12 Gbps RAID controller supports RAID 0/1/5/10/50/60

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD packs twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays into a 2U rack chassis, targeting organisations that need high local capacity without expanding to 4U. A single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor at 1.9 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 memory provide baseline compute for file serving, backup targets or secondary storage tiers.

Dual 750 W redundant supplies

Two hot-swap 750 W power supplies share the load, so a single unit failure does not interrupt operation. The H330 RAID controller manages up to twelve SAS or SATA drives with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60, keeping drive electronics and airflow contained within the same 2U envelope.

Sustained throughput under load

With all twelve bays populated the system can serve sequential workloads such as backup ingest or media archives across the H330’s 12 Gbps SAS links. Four onboard 1 GbE ports and up to six PCIe 3.0 slots allow additional network or HBA cards if the workload demands more bandwidth than the default interfaces provide.

How it compares

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Price $418.99
Cheaper than about 94% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower 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
Model namePowerEdge R730XD
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
Maximum storage52 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How do I install the drives in the 12 hot-plug 3.5" bays and what step is often missed?

Insert each SAS or SATA drive into a bay until the lever locks; the step often missed is creating the virtual disk in the H330 controller BIOS before the OS sees the storage.

What maintenance or replacement will the 2×750W redundant power supplies need later?

Each supply is hot-swappable; if one fails, slide it out and replace it with another 750W unit while the server stays running.

What limit appears first under sustained load with the single E5-2609 v3 at 1.9GHz and 16GB DDR4?

The six-core CPU and 16GB memory ceiling will bottleneck compute-heavy workloads long before the 12-bay storage or dual 750W power supplies reach their limits.

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