DELL PowerEdge T430 5U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2690 v4 2.6GHz 14 Core 16GB DDR4 4x 960GB SSD HBA330 2x 750W

Dual Xeon E5-2690 v4 5U Server

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 5U rack-mountable server system powered by two Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 processors. Each CPU delivers 14 cores running at a 2.6GHz base frequency with a 3.5GHz turbo capability. The system ships with 16GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed across two modules, leaving ten of the twelve DIMM slots free for expansion up to a 384GB maximum capacity.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense SATA storage

This configuration suits teams deploying virtualisation platforms such as VMware ESXi or Hyper-V, database workloads, or file and backup services that benefit from the sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays. Four enterprise-grade 960GB SATA SSDs are included and managed by the HBA330 controller, which provides 12Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity without hardware RAID. Buyers requiring hardware RAID acceleration, GPU compute density, or fibre-channel networking should evaluate alternative platforms.

Four 960GB SATA SSDs on an HBA330 controller

The storage subsystem centres on four factory-installed 960GB 2.5-inch SATA solid-state drives connected to the Dell PERC HBA330 host bus adapter. The HBA330 operates in initiator-target mode, presenting drives directly to the operating system for software-defined storage or OS-managed redundancy. Organisations needing on-board RAID levels or cache-backed write performance will need to add a dedicated PERC RAID controller.