DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 48GB DDR4 H330

Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz. It ships with 48 GB of DDR4 memory and a Dell PERC H330 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays and dual 750 W redundant power supplies. Remote management is handled by iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller.

Suited for dense storage workloads.

This server suits organisations that need high-capacity direct-attached storage in a compact rack footprint, such as backup targets, archival repositories or software-defined storage nodes. The single six-core CPU and fixed 48 GB memory limit make it a poor fit for virtualisation clusters, database servers or any workload demanding heavy compute throughput or large memory footprints. Buyers who need more processing threads or expandable RAM should look at platforms with higher core counts and larger memory ceilings.

52 TB raw capacity ceiling

The twelve-bay chassis supports up to 52 TB of raw storage using 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, providing ample headroom for bulk data workloads. The installed 48 GB of DDR4 memory cannot be expanded beyond this amount on the current configuration, so memory-intensive applications will hit a hard limit. Six PCIe 3.0 slots plus a dedicated RAID slot allow additional controllers or networking cards, but the single processor restricts overall I/O lane availability.