DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 768GB DDR4 24× 1.2TB SAS H730

2U rack server with 24-bay SAS storage

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server system built for dense storage workloads. It carries two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors at 2.4 GHz with 14 cores each and 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory. A PERC H730 controller manages twenty-four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suits virtualisation and database nodes needing

This configuration fits midsize and large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure or high-performance computing data nodes. The 24-bay chassis and dual 14-core CPUs provide the throughput and capacity those workloads demand. Organisations that require solid-state latency, a different drive interface or a single-socket platform should evaluate other systems.

Twenty-four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives set the capacity

The installed storage consists of twenty-four 2.5-inch enterprise hard drives, each 1.2 TB at 10 000 rpm, connected via 12 Gb/s SAS to the H730 RAID controller. That array defines the raw capacity and IOPS available before any RAID overhead. Buyers whose workloads need a larger or faster storage tier must plan for a different drive population.