DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24x2.5" 2x Xeon E5-2697 v4 384GB DDR4

Dense 24-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch bays in a 2U chassis, giving storage-heavy workloads a compact platform. Dual Xeon E5-2697 v4 processors supply 36 cores at 2.3 GHz, while 384 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory supports large in-memory datasets. A PERC H730 SAS controller manages RAID across the installed SATA interface. Integrated graphics and iDRAC8 Enterprise handle remote administration without a dedicated GPU.

Storage-focused compute node

This configuration suits buyers who need maximum drive density for software-defined storage, backup targets or video surveillance archives. The 384 GB memory ceiling and dual-socket design also serve virtualisation hosts running many memory-hungry guests. Buyers who want more storage capacity than 24 bays provide should look at a larger chassis or external JBOD. Workloads demanding GPU acceleration or PCIe 4.0 throughput will not find those features here.

24 x 2.5-inch drive bays

The single specification that decides fit is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis, which dictates how many SAS or SATA drives can be installed internally. All other capabilities — CPU cores, memory slots, controller RAID levels — scale around that physical limit. Verify the bay count matches your capacity plan before ordering.