DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 22-core 64GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS

Dual 22-core Xeon 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 22 cores. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and includes a PERC H730 1 GB RAID controller managing eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies, an X520/I350 quad-port network daughter card and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the configuration.

Suited for virtualisation and database nodes

This system targets midsize to large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure or high-performance computing workloads as a data node. The 44 total cores and 1.5 TB maximum memory capacity support heavy multi-threaded applications. Organisations needing more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays, a different drive interface or a newer processor generation should evaluate alternative platforms.

Eight 1.2 TB SAS drives on H730 RAID

The storage subsystem centres on eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS hard drives connected to the PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache and battery backup. Supported RAID levels include 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. Buyers must confirm that SAS 12 Gb/s drives and this controller meet their capacity, IOPS and redundancy requirements before deployment.