DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 6C 8GB DDR4 H330 24 x 2.5

2U rack server with 24 drive bays

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server built for dense storage workloads. It fits up to 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives in a compact chassis. A single Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz handles compute tasks. The system ships with 8 GB of DDR4 memory and a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60.

Dual 750 W redundant power supplies

Two hot-swap 750 W power supplies provide N+1 redundancy for continuous operation. The rack form factor directs airflow front-to-back through the 2U height. An integrated Matrox G200 graphics chip with 8 MB cache handles basic video output without adding thermal load. Remote management via iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller allows monitoring of temperatures and power draw from a separate network interface.

24 DIMM slots supporting 1536 GB maximum memory

The motherboard provides 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, twelve per processor socket, with a validated ceiling of 1536 GB when both sockets are populated. Memory speeds reach up to 2400 MT/s depending on the installed processor capabilities. Buyers who need more than one CPU or larger memory capacity from day one should verify the additional processor configuration before purchase.