DELL PowerEdge R730XD rack server 12 x 3.5" E5-2630 v3 8C 2.4GHz 8GB 3x 600GB SAS H730

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack system built around twelve hot-plug 3.5-inch drive bays and a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor running at 2.4 GHz. It ships with 8 GB of DDR4 memory, three 600 GB 15 K SAS drives and a PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache supporting RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and an iDRAC8 remote management module complete the base configuration.

Storage-heavy workloads on a budget

This server suits teams that need high spindle count and hardware RAID in a compact rack footprint, such as backup repositories, surveillance archives or secondary storage tiers. The twelve SAS/SATA bays and 52 TB maximum raw capacity give room to grow without adding enclosures. Buyers who require dual processors, more than 8 GB of memory out of the box or SSD-optimised performance should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays

The defining specification is the twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays served by the H730 controller, which together set the storage density and RAID flexibility of the platform. If the application needs fewer bays, 2.5-inch form factors or a different controller feature set, another model will be a better fit.