DELL PowerEdge R730 8LFF 2x Xeon E5-2630 v4 512GB DDR4 No Drive Rack Server

Dell PowerEdge R730 8-Bay Rack Server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 processors running at 2.2 GHz and 512 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. It is designed for organisations that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity and integrated remote management via iDRAC8 Enterprise. The PERC H730 SAS controller handles RAID duties for up to eight hot-swap bays.

Suits virtualisation hosts

The dual 10-core CPUs and large memory pool support consolidated virtual machines or database instances. Buyers who need more than 768 GB of RAM, more than two processor sockets or a chassis that accepts 2.5-inch drives should look at a different platform.

Eight 3.5-inch drive bays with PERC H730 RAID

The single specification that decides fit is the 8-bay 3.5-inch backplane paired with the H730 controller. If the deployment requires that exact bay count and RAID feature set, this server matches; otherwise a different chassis or controller is required.