DELL PowerEdge R630 10B 1U Rack Server E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 16GB DDR4 H730

Dense 1U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R630 is a 1U rackmount server built for data-centre density. It arrives with a single Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 six-core processor at 1.6 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 memory. Dual 750 W redundant hot-swap power supplies and an iDRAC8 remote-management module are standard. The chassis supports up to ten 2.5-inch hot-plug SAS or SATA drives.

Suits virtualisation hosts, not GPU compute

This configuration fits organisations running virtualisation clusters, internal databases or file services that need many drive bays in a single rack unit. The single-socket layout and Matrox G200 graphics make it unsuitable for workloads that require GPU acceleration, multiple high-end add-in cards or workstation-class single-thread performance. Buyers needing more than three PCIe 3.0 slots or 10 GbE networking should evaluate other platforms.

Ten-drive capacity with 1536 GB memory ceiling

The front panel holds ten 2.5-inch bays; the integrated PERC H730 controller manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across a maximum of 14 TB per drive. Memory scales to 1536 GB across 24 DDR4 DIMM slots when a second processor is added, though the shipping 16 GB leaves ample headroom for typical hypervisor footprints. PCIe expansion stops at three full-height slots plus the dedicated PERC slot.