DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 8-core 64GB DDR4 10x 600GB SAS H730

Dual-socket Xeon rack server for enterprise

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rackmount server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with eight cores. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules. Ten 600 GB 10K SAS drives connect through a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache and battery backup. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies, a quad-port X520/I350 network card and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suited for virtualization.

This configuration targets midsize and large organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, data warehousing, e-commerce platforms or high-performance computing clusters as data nodes. The dual-socket layout and 24 DIMM slots allow memory expansion up to 1.5 TB. Buyers who need GPU acceleration for machine learning, large-scale flash arrays or single-threaded performance beyond the 3.4 GHz turbo frequency should evaluate alternative platforms.

PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache

The storage subsystem centres on the Dell PERC H730 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Its 1 GB battery-backed cache protects in-flight writes during power loss. The ten 600 GB 10K SAS drives deliver high IOPS for transactional workloads, while the controller also accepts SATA media for capacity tiers.