DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 2x E5-2609v3 1.9GHz 128GB DDR4 H730 24x2.5

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD packs twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-plug bays into a two-rack-unit chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processors running at 1.9 GHz provide the compute base. A Perc H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache manages arrays across all bays. The system ships with 128 GB of DDR4 memory installed.

Suits Cold-Storage Archives Not High-Frequency

This configuration fits teams building high-capacity secondary storage, backup targets or media libraries where drive count matters more than single-thread speed. The six-core CPUs and 128 GB memory ceiling limit virtualisation density and database workloads. Buyers who need more processor cores, faster clocks or memory beyond 128 GB should look at a different platform.

Twenty-Four 2.5-Inch Hot-Plug Bays Define Capacity

The chassis supports up to 52 TB of raw storage across twenty-four front-accessible bays accepting SAS or SATA drives. No drives or trays are included so the buyer selects capacity and media type. The H730 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for redundancy or performance tuning.