DELL PowerEdge R730XD rack server 2U 12 x 3.5" E5-2630v3 2.4GHz 48GB DDR4 3x 300GB SAS H730

Dense 12-bay 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD fits twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drives in a 2U rack chassis, delivering high capacity per rack unit. A single Intel Xeon E5-2630v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz and 48 GB of DDR4 memory handle file, backup or archive workloads. The PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA drives. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the system running during a supply failure.

Suited for capacity-first workloads.

This configuration targets organisations that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a shallow rack footprint for cold storage, backup repositories or software-defined storage nodes. The single-socket design limits CPU threads to sixteen and memory to the installed 48 GB, so workloads that demand dual-processor throughput, larger memory footprints or GPU acceleration will not fit this chassis. Buyers who need more compute cores, higher memory capacity or PCIe expansion for accelerators should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays with H730 RAID

The defining specification is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug backplane paired with the PERC H730 1 GB 12 Gbps RAID controller. It enables up to 52 TB of raw SAS or SATA capacity and hardware RAID across all bays without consuming a PCIe slot. If your deployment requires that specific bay count and controller combination in a 2U form factor, this server matches the requirement; if you need fewer bays, 2.5-inch density or a different RAID feature set, another model will be more appropriate.