DELL PowerEdge R730 8LFF Xeon E5-2698 v3 2.3GHz 384GB DDR4 No Drive

Dell PowerEdge R730 8LFF Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built for dense storage workloads. It ships with one Xeon E5-2698 v3 processor running at 2.3GHz and 384GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch drive bays and includes a PERC H730 SAS controller with a 10GbE and 1GbE network card. Remote management is handled by iDRAC8 Enterprise.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing large memory

This configuration suits teams running memory-heavy virtualisation or database clusters that benefit from 384GB of RAM and eight hot-swap bays. The single CPU leaves a second socket open for future expansion. Buyers who require pre-installed drives, dual processors from day one, or a smaller chassis should look elsewhere. The unit arrives with firmware updated and burn-in tested.

Single Xeon E5-2698 v3 with 16 cores

The installed processor delivers 16 cores at 2.3GHz with a 40MB cache, setting the baseline for compute throughput. A second identical CPU can be added later to double the core count. Memory can scale to 768GB across 24 DIMM slots. The PERC H730 controller manages RAID across the eight SATA or SAS bays.