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Silver 2U rack server front with 24 hot-plug 2.5 inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD rack server 24 x 2.5" E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 64GB 3x 900GB H730

SKU CH-DK1T-PZW4Z

2U rack server with 24 hot-plug 2.5" bays, single Xeon E5-2630 v3 at 2.4GHz, 64GB DDR4, three 900GB 10K SAS drives and H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM64 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 64GB

HDD 3 x 900GB

  • 24 hot-plug 2.5" bays give dense storage capacity
  • Dual 750W redundant power supplies keep the server running
  • H730 1GB 12Gbps RAID controller supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Single E5-2630 v3 8-core 2.4GHz Xeon delivers 16 threads
  • 64GB DDR4 installed across 24 DIMM slots

Dense Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD packs twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-plug bays into a 2U rack chassis, making it a fit for databases, backup targets or virtualisation hosts that need capacity density over raw compute threads. A single eight-core Xeon E5-2630 v3 at 2.4 GHz and 64 GB of DDR4 provide a baseline platform for memory-bound workloads.

Sustained Load Behaviour

Three 900 GB 10K SAS drives feed the H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache, supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for redundancy or throughput. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and the C610 chipset keep the array and memory subsystem stable during extended rebuilds or sequential write streams.

Installation Realities

The server weighs 60 lbs and measures 26.8 by 17.44 by 3.4 inches, so two-person racking or a lift is standard practice. Drive trays ship only with populated bays, meaning empty slots need separate caddies. The iDRAC8 Express remote-management module is active by default; Enterprise features and vFlash media require a licence upgrade.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $560.99
Cheaper than about 91% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 64 GB
Lower than about 70% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R730XD
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM64 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity64 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage52 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight70 lb (31.8 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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