DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 64GB DDR4 2x 900GB SAS H730

Single-socket rack server for dense compute

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mount system fitted with one Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz and 64 GB of DDR4 memory. It ships with two 900 GB 10 K SAS drives on a PERC H730 RAID controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies and eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays provide redundancy and room for additional SAS or SATA drives.

Teams needing redundant power and SAS RAID in 2U

This server suits environments that value dual redundant supplies, hardware RAID across SAS drives and iDRAC8 remote management in a compact rack footprint. It is less suited for workloads that require two processors from day one, more than eight drive bays, or 10 GbE networking without an optional daughter card. The installed memory already reaches the 64 GB ceiling supported by this single-processor configuration.

Single CPU limits memory to 64 GB

The motherboard offers 24 DIMM slots, yet the memory features table lists 64 GB as the maximum capacity for the installed processor. Adding a second Xeon would unlock the full 1 536 GB potential, but with one CPU the 64 GB already installed is the hard limit. Buyers planning larger memory footprints must budget for a second processor.