DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 8GB DDR4 3x 300GB 15K SAS H730

Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server

This 2U rack server ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz, 8 GB of DDR4 memory and three 300 GB 15K SAS drives on a Dell PERC H730 RAID controller. It supports up to two processors, 24 DIMM slots and twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays for SAS or SATA drives. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM complete the base configuration.

Suits capacity-first storage workloads

The twelve 3.5-inch bays and RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 support make this platform a fit for backup targets, archival repositories or database volumes that need large raw capacity on spinning media. Buyers who need all-flash performance tiers, higher core counts per socket, or more than a single processor installed should look at other configurations.

Single E5-2630 v3 eight-core 2.4 GHz processor

Only one CPU is populated from the factory, leaving the second socket empty for a later upgrade to a two-processor configuration. The installed 8 GB DDR4 uses one of twenty-four slots, so memory expansion headroom is extensive. The PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages the three 300 GB 15K SAS drives and any additional SAS or SATA drives added to the remaining bays.