DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 256GB DDR4 2x 800GB SSD H730

Dual 14-core Xeon server with 24-bay storage

This 2U rack system ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors at 2.40 GHz, 256GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory, a PERC H730 1GB controller, and two 800GB SATA SSDs. Dual 750W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise, quad-port networking, rails and bezel are included.

Suited for dense storage and virtualisation.

The 24 front-accessible 2.5-inch bays and H730 controller support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, making the chassis a good fit for database, VDI or HPC data-node roles. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than two sockets should look at a different platform.

24-bay 2.5-inch front storage with H730 RAID

The single specification that decides fit is the 24-bay 2.5-inch front storage served by the PERC H730 1GB controller. If the workload needs that bay count and RAID flexibility in 2U, this server matches; if it needs a different drive form factor or controller, it does not.