DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2680 v3 2.5GHz 12-core 64GB DDR4 8× 800GB SSD

Dual 12-core Xeon rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server system built for midsize and large enterprise workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 processors, each running at 2.5 GHz with 12 cores and a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules. A Dell PERC H730 storage controller with 1 GB cache manages eight 800 GB SATA solid-state drives.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This server suits teams consolidating virtual machines, running virtual desktop infrastructure or hosting data-warehouse and e-commerce databases. The dual-socket design and 24 DIMM slots support up to 1.5 TB of memory for memory-intensive applications. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets or a different drive interface should look at other platforms. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for flexible fabric integration.

1.5 TB maximum DDR4 capacity

The motherboard offers 24 DDR4 slots and a 1.5 TB ceiling, which determines how far the platform can scale for in-memory databases or dense virtualisation. Populated with 64 GB today, the system leaves ample headroom for future growth. The LGA 2011-3 sockets and Intel C610 chipset lock the processor generation to the installed Xeon E5-2680 v3 parts.