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Silver 2U rack server with front bezel and twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 24-Bay 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6GHz 128GB DDR4 24x 600GB SAS H730

SKU CH-AYA6-8XQR9

2U rack server with 24-bay 2.5" SAS storage, dual Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors, 128GB DDR4 ECC memory and H730 RAID controller

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.60 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 2011-3

Installed Memory Size 128GB

HDD 24 x 600GB 10K SAS

  • Dual 8-core Xeon processors at 2.6 GHz handle heavy compute workloads
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large virtualisation and database tasks
  • PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis holds 600 GB 10K SAS drives for high-density storage
  • iDRAC 8 Enterprise plus quad-port 1 GbE and 10 GbE networking simplify remote management

2U Rack Server with 24-Drive Capacity

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack-mounted server system designed for dense storage workloads. It houses two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors, each with eight cores running at 2.6 GHz and a 3.4 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules. Twenty-four 600 GB 10K SAS drives connect through a PERC H730 RAID controller with battery backup. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management come standard.

Suits Storage-Heavy Virtualisation

This configuration targets midsize to large enterprises running data warehouses, e-commerce platforms, virtual desktop infrastructure or high-performance computing data nodes. The 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis maximises spindle count for throughput-oriented applications. Organisations requiring solid-state media or different drive interfaces should evaluate other platforms. Buyers needing more than two processor sockets or memory beyond 1.5 TB will need a different architecture.

24-Bay 2.5-Inch SAS Chassis Defines Storage Scale

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis populated with 600 GB 10K SAS drives and the H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 modes. This drive count and interface determine total raw capacity and I/O performance for the intended workloads. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for fabric integration. Rails and front bezel are included for immediate rack deployment.

Highlights

  • Dual 8-core Xeon processors at 2.6 GHz handle heavy compute workloads
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large virtualisation and database tasks
  • PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis holds 600 GB 10K SAS drives for high-density storage
  • iDRAC 8 Enterprise plus quad-port 1 GbE and 10 GbE networking simplify remote management

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R730XD
ModelR730xd
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.60 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 2011-3
Number of CPU Cores8-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C610
Installed Memory Size128GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity1.5TB
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730 1GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
GPU TypeMatrox G200
Video Memory8MB
Ethernet ControllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Expansion Slots1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot, Single Riser Included (Riser 3)
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features24 x 2.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

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Questions about this item

How do I install the 24 SAS drives and what step is often missed?

Slide each 2.5-inch drive into the front hot-swap bays until the latch clicks; the step often missed is creating the virtual disks in the PERC H730 BIOS before the OS sees any storage.

What maintenance will the PERC H730 controller need later?

The controller’s 1 GB cache has a battery-backed module that will eventually lose charge and should be replaced to keep write-back caching active.

What limit appears first when all 24 drives run sustained write workloads?

The 12 Gb/s SAS backplane bandwidth shared across 24 bays becomes the bottleneck before the dual Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPUs or 128 GB DDR4 memory saturate.

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