DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10 Core 512GB DDR4 8x 400GB SSD H730

Dual Xeon E5-2660 v3 2U Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with 10 cores. It arrives with 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 DIMM slots and a Dell PERC H730 1 GB storage controller. Eight 400 GB SATA SSDs populate the front 2.5-inch drive bays, while dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise provide redundancy and remote management.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits organisations deploying virtual desktop infrastructure, data-warehouse nodes or high-performance computing clusters that benefit from 20 total cores and a large memory footprint. The eight SATA SSDs and hardware RAID controller support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for local redundancy. Buyers who need more than 24 DIMM slots, GPU compute density or a different drive interface should evaluate alternative platforms.

512 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory

The system ships with 512 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory installed in 16 of the 24 available slots, leaving room to expand toward the 1.5 TB maximum. This capacity determines how many virtual machines or in-memory databases can run concurrently without swapping. Verify that the memory size matches the workload before purchase.