DELL PowerEdge T430 16SFF 1x Xeon E5-2620 v3 128GB DDR4 rack server

DELL PowerEdge T430 16SFF Server

This DELL PowerEdge T430 is a rack-mount server system built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 processor running at 2.4GHz with six cores. It arrives with 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed and supports up to 384GB total capacity. The 16-bay 2.5-inch chassis uses a Dell PERC H730 SAS controller for SATA drives. Remote management is handled by iDRAC8 Express.

Ideal for virtualisation and storage density

The sixteen 2.5-inch bays suit workloads that need many drives in a 2U footprint such as virtualisation clusters or software-defined storage. Buyers who want more storage bays than sixteen or who require dual processors from day one should look at larger platforms. The single CPU configuration leaves one socket open for future expansion if the workload grows.

16-bay 2.5-inch chassis capacity

The defining specification is the sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays combined with the PERC H730 RAID controller. This bay count decides whether the server fits your storage density target before you consider CPU or memory upgrades.