DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2699 v3 2.3GHz 18-core 64GB DDR4 H730 12× 3.5" trays

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built for capacity-heavy workloads. It ships with two 18-core Xeon processors at 2.3 GHz, 64 GB of DDR4 ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap trays accept SATA or SAS drives, and the chassis includes dual 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise, quad-port networking and rails.

Fits virtualisation and data-node roles.

This configuration suits teams running databases, VDI, HPC data nodes or object storage that benefit from high core counts and many drive bays. The 2.3 GHz base clock and 18 cores per socket deliver strong multi-thread throughput. Buyers who need an all-flash array with only solid-state media or GPU-accelerated compute should look at a different platform. The fixed 12-bay 3.5-inch layout also rules out 2.5-inch dense deployments.

12 × 3.5-inch SAS/SATA trays define the storage

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap trays wired to the H730 controller for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. No drives are included, so usable capacity depends entirely on the SATA or SAS disks you populate. Maximum memory reaches 1.5 TB across 24 slots if the workload later demands more than the installed 64 GB.