DELL PowerEdge T430 5U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2690 v4 2.6GHz 14-core 256GB DDR4 HBA330 2×750W

Dual-socket Xeon tower for virtualisation

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 5U tower server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with a 3.5 GHz turbo frequency and fourteen cores. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across eight 32 GB modules, leaving four of the twelve total slots free for expansion up to 384 GB. The system targets businesses deploying VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, SQL databases or file and print services.

Sixteen-bay hot-swap chassis with HBA330 controller

The front panel holds sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays supporting SAS and SATA drives, though only four drive trays are included. A Dell PERC HBA330 12 Gb/s storage controller manages the backplane without RAID functionality, so administrators must plan their own redundancy scheme. Dual integrated gigabit Ethernet ports and iDRAC 8 Express provide out-of-band management, while PCI Express slots remain available for additional networking or RAID cards. No front bezel or rack rails are supplied.

Redundant platinum power supplies for continuous

Two hot-plug 750 W platinum-efficiency power supplies deliver full redundancy, allowing one unit to fail or be replaced without downtime. The 5U tower form factor provides generous internal airflow for the dual 14-core CPUs and memory population, keeping thermals stable under sustained virtualisation workloads. Acoustic output is typical for a rack-mountable tower server in a cooled environment. Power draw scales with CPU utilisation and drive count but remains within the dual-supply budget.