DELL PowerEdge R430 1U rack server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 24GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H330

Compact 1U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R430 is a 1U rack-mount server powered by a single Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 ten-core processor running at 2.3 GHz. It ships with 24 GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and includes eight 300 GB 15K SAS drives managed by a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. A redundant 550 W power supply and four 1 GbE network ports complete the baseline configuration.

Small-business virtualisation and database workloads

This system suits organisations that need dense compute and fast local storage for virtual machines, light databases or file serving in a single rack unit. Buyers who require dual-processor performance from day one or who need more than 24 GB of memory installed should evaluate larger configurations. The single CPU limits total memory capacity to 24 GB and leaves the second socket empty.

Single-socket memory ceiling

The installed processor locks the maximum addressable memory to 24 GB despite the chassis providing twelve DDR4 slots. Adding a second compatible Xeon would raise the supported ceiling to 384 GB, but that upgrade is not included. Buyers must decide whether the current 24 GB limit meets application requirements before deployment.