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Silver 5U rack chassis with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and four redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL VRTX 5U rack server 2× M630 E5-2630v4 2.2GHz 10C 256GB 12× 2.4TB SAS

SKU CH-694W-BZCRV

A 5U rack chassis houses two M630 blades with 256 GB DDR4, twelve 2.4 TB SAS drives and eight PCIe slots

  • ProcessorIntel
  • Rack height5U
  • Installed storage12x 2.4 TB 10K SAS
  • Disk controllerS130
  • Maximum storage12x 3.5 in Drive Bays
  • Management controlleriDRAC8 Express
  • Two ten-core 2.2 GHz processors handle heavy workloads
  • 256 GB DDR4 memory supports large virtualisation clusters
  • Twelve 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives deliver high-capacity fast storage
  • Eight flexible PCIe slots allow diverse add-in cards
  • Four 1600 W redundant power supplies keep the system running

Dell VRTX 5U Rack Server

This Dell PowerEdge VRTX 5U rack server integrates two M630 blades, each populated with an Intel E5-2630v4 processor running at 2.2 GHz with 10 cores. The system delivers 256 GB of DDR4 memory across 16 modules and provides 12 installed 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives managed by a single PERC S130 RAID controller. Four redundant 1600 W power supplies and a single CMC module complete the chassis.

Suited for dense virtualisation

The eight flexible PCIe slots — three full-height and five low-profile — support additional network or storage adapters for expanding I/O capacity. The onboard 1 Gb switch module and dual-port 10 Gb Intel X520 mezzanine cards handle east-west and uplink traffic. Buyers who need more than 12 drive bays or a higher-performance RAID engine than the S130 should evaluate alternative platforms.

Storage capacity fixed at 12 bays with S130 RAID

The chassis accepts a maximum of twelve 3.5-inch drives and ships fully populated with 2.4 TB SAS units. The single S130 controller manages all arrays without cache or battery-backed write acceleration. Workloads requiring a hardware RAID controller with dedicated cache or more than twelve spindles will not be satisfied by this configuration.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Model nameVRTX
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel
Storage
Installed storage12x 2.4 TB 10K SAS
Disk controllerS130
Maximum storage12x 3.5 in Drive Bays
Size & build
Rack height5U
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 Express

Questions about this item

Should I pick the 12 × 2.4 TB SAS drives or add more bays later?

The chassis holds 12 × 3.5" bays and all are already filled with 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives, so no empty bays remain for expansion.

What does the 2.2 GHz 10‑core CPU deliver in a real workload?

Each M630 blade runs two E5‑2630v4 processors at 2.2 GHz with 10 cores and 25 MB cache, giving 20 threads per blade for multi‑threaded applications.

How does the 1 Gb switch module limit network throughput?

The VRTX 1 Gb switch caps each blade at 1 Gbps per port, while the X520 dual‑port 10 Gb adapters can run faster only when cabled to an external 10 Gb switch.

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