DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2650v3 10C 2.3GHz 48GB DDR4 3x 300GB 15K SAS H730

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server built for capacity-hungry workloads. It fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays into a compact chassis. A single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor at 2.3 GHz and 48 GB of DDR4 memory provide the compute base. The PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache manages SAS drives in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60.

Suits Archive And Database Workloads

This configuration suits teams that need high spindle-count storage in two rack units, such as backup repositories, video surveillance archives or read-heavy databases. The three included 300 GB 15 K SAS drives deliver fast sequential access for small working sets. Buyers who need more than one processor, larger memory footprints beyond 48 GB, or solid-state primary storage should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twelve-Bay 3.5-Inch Chassis

The defining specification is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug backplane that supports up to 52 TB of raw SAS or SATA capacity. This bay count in a 2U form factor determines whether the server can hold the data set you plan to store. If your capacity requirement exceeds what twelve large-form-factor drives can provide, a different chassis is required.