DELL PowerEdge R730 8LFF 2x Xeon E5-2603 v3 512GB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R730 8-bay server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built for memory-heavy workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 processors running at 1.6 GHz and 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The 8-bay 3.5-inch chassis supports SATA and SAS drives through a PERC H730 RAID controller. Remote management is handled by iDRAC8 with an Enterprise licence.

Fits virtualisation hosts needing large RAM capacity

This configuration suits teams running dense virtual-machine clusters, in-memory databases or middleware that benefit from 512 GB of DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots. The dual 6-core CPUs provide steady multi-threaded throughput rather than high single-thread speed. Buyers who need faster per-core clocks, GPU acceleration or more than two sockets should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 controller with eight 3.5-inch bays

The installed PERC H730 SAS controller manages RAID across up to eight 3.5-inch drive bays using SATA or SAS interfaces. No drives are included, so storage capacity and redundancy are defined by the disks you add. The controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for flexible data protection. Maximum system memory scales to 768 GB if future growth demands it.