DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2650 v3 10-core 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 900GB SAS H330

PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server built for dense storage workloads. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor at 2.3 GHz, 16 GB of DDR4 memory, and three 900 GB 10K SAS drives. A PERC H330 RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 across up to 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch bays. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management come standard.

Suits storage-heavy workloads.

This configuration fits buyers who need many drive bays and hardware RAID for local data sets such as backup targets, media archives or virtualisation datastores. The single CPU and 16 GB DDR4 limit makes it unsuitable for buyers who want high core counts, large memory footprints or GPU-accelerated workloads. Organisations requiring 10 GbE networking or flash-optimised controllers from day one should look at a different platform.

24 hot-plug 2.5-inch bays with H330 RAID

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis paired with the H330 12 Gbps RAID controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/10/50/60. This combination decides whether the server can hold the required number of SAS or SATA drives and provide the redundancy level your deployment demands.