DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v4 2.0GHz 14 Core 768GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD

Dual 14-core Xeon rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors, each running at 2.0 GHz with 14 cores. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across 24 slots and includes a Dell PERC H730 storage controller with battery backup. Dual 750 W platinum hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits teams running virtualised workloads, database clusters or high-performance compute jobs that benefit from 28 total cores and a large memory footprint. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays and quad-port 1 GbE plus dual 10 Gb SFP+ networking support dense storage and fast east-west traffic. Buyers who need more than 1.5 TB of RAM, GPU acceleration or single-thread speeds above 3.2 GHz should look at a different platform.

1.5 TB DDR4 ceiling

The Intel C610 chipset caps maximum memory at 1.5 TB, so the installed 768 GB leaves room to grow within the existing 24 DIMM slots. All memory must be DDR4 registered ECC; other generations will not fit. This limit is the key figure when planning future capacity for memory-intensive applications.