DELL PowerEdge T430 rack server 2x Xeon E5-2695 v4 2.1GHz 18C 64GB DDR4 8x4TB HDD H730

Dual-socket Xeon tower server

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a dual-socket tower server built for office workloads such as file and print serving, mail, messaging and web serving. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors running at 2.10 GHz with 18 cores each, 64 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and a PERC H730 1 GB storage controller with battery backup. Redundant hot-swap 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 8 Express remote management are included.

Suits small offices needing single-server capacity

This system fits small office and remote office sites that want a single server for collaboration, productivity and web serving with room to grow internal storage. The eight 3.5-inch drive bays are fully populated with 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives, and the chassis supports up to 384 GB of DDR4 across 12 slots. Buyers who need more than eight drive bays, faster flash storage out of the box or a rackmount form factor should look at a different platform.

Eight 4 TB SATA drives on PERC H730

The storage subsystem centres on eight enterprise 4 TB 7.2K SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5-inch hard drives managed by the Dell PERC H730 1 GB controller. The controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 as well as pass-through mode, giving flexibility for capacity or redundancy. No solid-state drives are installed and the front bezel and ready rails are not included.