DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 8-core 768GB DDR4 24× 2.5" trays

Rack server with 24 drive trays

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors running at 2.60 GHz with 8 cores each. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 slots and a PERC H730 1 GB controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Twenty-four 2.5-inch SATA/SAS trays provide dense internal storage capacity.

Suits dense storage workloads, not GPU compute

This platform suits organisations running databases, virtual desktop infrastructure, data warehousing or high-performance computing data nodes that benefit from high drive counts and dual 10 GbE SFP+ ports. The iDRAC8 Enterprise module gives full remote management. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than two processor sockets should look at a different chassis.

24 hot-swap 2.5-inch bays define capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the 24-bay 2.5-inch hot-swap backplane fed by the H730 controller. It limits storage to SATA and SAS media and caps internal expansion at those 24 slots. Confirm your drive type and quantity match this layout before ordering.