DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22-core 768GB DDR4 H730 2x 400GB SSD

Dual-socket Xeon server with 768 GB DDR4

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 22 cores and a 3.6 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 slots, a PERC H730 1 GB SAS/SATA RAID controller, two 400 GB SATA SSDs, quad-port 1 GbE and 10 GbE SFP+ networking, iDRAC8 Enterprise, dual 750 W platinum power supplies, rails and bezel. It is aimed at midsize to large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce, VDI, databases or HPC data-node workloads.

Suits dense storage workloads; not for GPU-heavy AI

This configuration fits buyers who need high core counts and large memory capacity in a 2U chassis with 24 front-accessible 2.5-inch drive bays and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Workloads that depend on GPU acceleration, newer instruction-set extensions or a smaller physical footprint will not be served by this platform. Organisations that require more than two sockets or memory beyond 1.5 TB should also evaluate alternative designs.

24 front-accessible 2.5-inch drive bays

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch front layout combined with the PERC H730 controller, which determines how many SATA or SAS drives can be attached directly without external enclosures. This bay count and controller pairing dictates whether the server can meet a given storage-density or RAID-topology requirement.