DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 24 Bay 2x E5-2699 v3 768GB DDR4 24x 300GB SAS H730

2U 24-Bay Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rackmount server built for dense storage and compute in enterprise environments. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors, each delivering 18 cores at 2.3 GHz with a 3.6 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Twenty-four 300 GB 10K SAS drives populate the front bays, providing high-throughput local storage. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise management complete the package.

Storage-Heavy Virtualisation and Database Nodes

This configuration suits organisations running virtual desktop infrastructure, data warehousing or database clusters that benefit from many spindles and large memory capacity. The quad-port network daughter card with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports supports segmented traffic for storage, management and VM networks. Buyers who require a smaller chassis, fewer drive bays or a single-processor layout will not match this form factor. The server also lacks pre-installed solid-state drives, so workloads needing flash-tier latency must add them separately.

24-Bay 2.5-Inch SAS Drive Capacity

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch SAS backplane paired with the H730 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. This density determines how much local spindle storage fits in 2U and whether the controller’s 12 Gb/s SAS lanes meet the throughput needs of the target workload. If the application demands a different bay count, drive form factor or controller feature set, this chassis will not align.