DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v3 2.5GHz 12-Core 512GB DDR4 24x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dense 24-bay 2U server for storage-heavy workloads

This 2U rack server packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a compact chassis, making it a high-density platform for storage-intensive applications. Dual Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 processors deliver twenty-four total cores at 2.5 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo, while 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across sixteen 32 GB modules supports large working sets. The PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache provides hardware RAID across all bays, and dual 750 W platinum power supplies add redundancy.

Suited for databases and virtualisation hosts

Organisations running data warehouses, e-commerce databases or virtual desktop infrastructure benefit from the combination of high core count, large memory capacity and twenty-four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives. The quad-port network daughter card supplies two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible connectivity. Buyers who need more than two processors, more than 1.5 TB of memory or drive interfaces other than SAS and SATA should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twenty-four 1.2 TB SAS drives

The single specification that determines suitability is the storage subsystem: twenty-four 1.2 TB 10K SAS disks behind a PERC H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. If the workload requires this many high-speed SAS spindles with hardware RAID in a 2U form factor, the server matches; if the application needs solid-state tiers, different drive counts or alternative controller features, the configuration will not align.