DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v4 2.0GHz 14-core 128GB DDR4 24x 2.4TB SAS H730

Dense storage compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rack chassis, delivering 2.4 TB of SAS capacity per bay for workloads that demand high spindle count and local throughput. Dual Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors provide twenty-eight cores at 2.0 GHz with 3.2 GHz turbo, while 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory feeds virtualised databases, VDI clusters or HPC data nodes. A PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the full drive set.

Suited for capacity-bound workloads

This configuration targets buyers who need maximum 2.5-inch drive density and hardware RAID flexibility in a two-socket platform, such as object-store nodes, backup targets or analytics staging tiers. The quad-port 1 GbE and 10 Gb SFP+ daughter card supports segregated management and storage networks without extra adapters. Buyers who require solid-state media, more than two processor sockets or PCIe Gen4 bandwidth should evaluate alternative platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS backplane

The defining constraint is the twenty-four-bay 2.5-inch SAS backplane coupled to the H730 controller, which fixes the storage media to 12 Gb/s SAS or SATA hard drives and limits total raw capacity to the installed 2.4 TB drives. Expansion beyond the internal bays requires external enclosures or a different chassis design.