DELL PowerEdge T430 5U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2695 v4 2.1GHz 18C 64GB DDR4 HBA330 2×750W

Dual Xeon 5U server with 16 hot-swap bays

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 5U tower server that supports up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors running at 2.1 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo, each providing 18 cores. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four modules and a PERC HBA330 storage controller. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies deliver redundant hot-swap power.

Suited for virtualization hosts

This configuration fits organisations running VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V or Proxmox VE that need dense 2.5-inch drive capacity and dual-socket compute. The 12 memory slots allow expansion to 384 GB for larger virtual machine densities. Buyers who require more than two processors or need a different storage controller interface should evaluate other platforms.

PERC HBA330 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller

The installed Dell PERC HBA330 provides 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity for the 16 front drive bays. It operates in HBA mode without onboard RAID processing, so drive management is handled by the operating system or hypervisor. Confirm that your software stack supports this controller before deployment.