DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24SFF 2x Xeon E5-2697 v3 384GB DDR4

Rack server with 24 small-form-factor bays

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch drive bays in a 2U rack chassis. Dual Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 CPUs run at 2.6 GHz and deliver 14 cores each. 384 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory is installed, with capacity to reach 768 GB. A PERC H730 SAS RAID controller and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management are included.

Suited for dense storage workloads.

This configuration targets users who need high drive-count density for databases, virtualisation hosts or software-defined storage. The integrated graphics and lack of installed drives mean it will not serve workloads that require discrete GPU acceleration or out-of-the-box boot volumes. Buyers who need more memory than 768 GB or a different drive form factor should evaluate other platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch chassis defines storage scaling

The single specification that determines fit is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis, which sets the maximum number of SAS drives and the physical space available for storage expansion. All other capabilities — CPU core count, memory ceiling, RAID controller — are bounded by this chassis choice.