DELL PowerEdge R730XD rack server 2x Xeon E5-2609v3 1.9GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 2TB SAS H330 12x 3.5

2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch bays

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2609v3 six-core processors running at 1.9 GHz. It ships with 16 GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots and three 2 TB 7.2K SAS drives managed by a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM complete the base configuration.

Storage-focused teams needing high capacity in 2U

This platform suits organisations that prioritise internal storage density over compute throughput, offering up to twelve hot-plug 3.5-inch SAS or SATA bays and a maximum raw capacity of 52 TB. The installed CPUs provide modest six-core performance, so environments requiring higher clock speeds, more cores per socket or larger memory footprints should consider other configurations.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays with H330 RAID

The defining specification is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug backplane paired with the H330 12 Gbps RAID controller, which determines both the maximum drive count and the supported RAID levels. Buyers must verify that their workload fits within the 16 GB installed memory limit and the dual six-core 1.9 GHz processor baseline before deployment.