DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 12-Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22-Core 768GB DDR4 H730 12x 8TB

Dense storage server with dual 22-core Xeons

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server populated with two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 22 cores. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA hard drives managed by a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the configuration.

Suited for capacity-heavy workloads.

This system fits environments that prioritise raw terabytes and high core counts, such as data warehousing, virtual desktop infrastructure or large-scale file serving. The twelve 3.5-inch bays are filled with mechanical drives, so buyers who need the latency or throughput of solid-state media should look at a different platform. The LGA 2011-3 socket and C610 chipset also limit future processor upgrades to the same generation.

Twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays define the storage ceiling

The chassis provides exactly twelve front-accessible 3.5-inch drive bays wired for SATA and SAS, all occupied by 8 TB 7.2K RPM disks in this build. That bay count and interface combination sets the maximum raw capacity and determines whether the server can meet a given storage target without external enclosures.