DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 2x E5-2650 v3 2.3GHz 32GB DDR4 3x 1.2TB SAS H330

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD fits twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-plug bays into a 2U rack chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2650 v3 processors deliver ten cores each at 2.3 GHz, providing forty threads with hyper-threading. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 memory and three 1.2 TB SAS drives are installed, backed by an H330 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Redundant 750 W power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management complete the platform.

Suited for capacity-focused workloads

This server targets environments that need high drive density and hardware RAID in a compact rack footprint, such as backup repositories, surveillance storage or software-defined storage clusters. The twenty-four-bay chassis and SAS interface support up to 52 TB of raw capacity. Buyers who require more than thirty-two gigabytes of memory, faster drive interfaces than 6 Gbps SAS, or GPU-accelerated compute should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twenty-four hot-plug 2.5-inch bays

The single specification that decides fit is the front bay count: twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-plug slots in 2U. If the deployment needs that density with SAS or SATA media and hardware RAID, the R730XD matches; if the workload demands fewer, larger drives or a different form factor, another chassis is appropriate.