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Silver 2U rack server with twelve front drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD rack server 2U 12 x 3.5" E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 2TB SAS H330

SKU CH-YFVE-QYZWP

A 2U rack server holding twelve 3.5-inch drives with a ten-core Xeon at 2.3 GHz, 16 GB DDR4, three 2 TB SAS drives and an H330 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Ten-core Xeon E5-2650 v3 at 2.3 GHz for multi-threaded workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4 installed with 24 DIMM slots for future expansion
  • Three 2 TB 7.2K SAS drives on a 12 Gbps H330 RAID controller
  • Dual 750 W redundant hot-swap power supplies for continuous uptime
  • 12 x 3.5" hot-plug bays supporting up to 52 TB raw capacity

Ready-to-rack 2U storage server

This Dell PowerEdge R730XD arrives as a complete 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays. A single Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor running at 2.3 GHz provides twenty threads, while 16 GB of DDR4 memory and three 2 TB SAS drives give immediate capacity for file serving or backup workloads.

Twelve-bay SAS limit and RAID options

The H330 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 across the twelve SAS or SATA drive slots. Each bay accepts 6 Gbps SAS or SATA media, and the chassis maximum is 52 TB raw, so plan drive sizes and redundancy level to stay within that ceiling.

Check power, rails and memory growth

Dual 750 W redundant supplies need matching PDU connectors and rack rails suited to the 26.8-inch depth. The board offers twenty-four DIMM slots for DDR4 up to 2400 MT/s, but the installed CPU caps usable speed, so verify memory compatibility before adding modules.

How it compares

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Price $454.99
Cheaper than about 93% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% 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 RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50/60
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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Questions about this item

Should I choose the single E5-2650 v3 or add a second processor?

The server supports up to two CPUs. One E5-2650 v3 gives 10 cores and 20 threads at 2.3 GHz. Adding a second doubles those counts and opens the remaining 12 DIMM slots for memory beyond the installed 16 GB.

What does the 2.3 GHz figure mean once the server is running workloads?

Each of the 10 cores runs at a base frequency of 2.3 GHz. With Hyper-Threading the operating system sees 20 logical threads, so multi-threaded applications can keep all execution units busy at that clock rate.

How does the H330 controller and 6 Gbps SAS drives limit real-world throughput?

The H330 is a 12 Gbps RAID controller, but the three installed 2 TB drives are 7.2K 6 Gbps SAS models. Sequential reads and writes will therefore be capped at the 6 Gbps drive interface, not the controller maximum.

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