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Silver 2U rack server chassis with 24 front 2.5 inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 300GB SAS H730

SKU CH-SYPN-Z2B95

2U rack server with single Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz, 16GB DDR4, three 300GB 15K SAS drives and H730 RAID controller, supporting up to 24 hot-plug bays

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • MAX Processors2
  • ChipsetIntel C610

Installed Memory Size 16GB

HDD 3 x 300GB

  • Eight-core Xeon at 2.4 GHz handles multi-thread workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory supports virtualisation and databases
  • Three 300 GB 15 K SAS drives deliver fast storage
  • H730 RAID controller enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the server running

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack-mount system designed for workloads that need many drive bays in a compact chassis. It ships with a single Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz, 16 GB of DDR4 memory, and three 300 GB 15 K SAS drives on a Perc H730 RAID controller. Redundant 750 W power supplies and a DVD-ROM complete the base configuration.

Who This Suits

Organisations running databases, virtualisation hosts or backup targets that benefit from up to 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch bays and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 will match this platform. Buyers who need more than 16 GB of installed memory or a second processor from day one should look at a different configuration.

Deciding Specification

The single installed Xeon E5-2630 v3 limits the system to 12 active DIMM slots and a maximum of 1536 GB total memory, so the CPU choice directly caps both memory capacity and PCIe lane availability for the six expansion slots.

Highlights

  • Eight-core Xeon at 2.4 GHz handles multi-thread workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory supports virtualisation and databases
  • Three 300 GB 15 K SAS drives deliver fast storage
  • H730 RAID controller enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W redundant power supplies keep the server running

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelPowerEdge R730XD
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C610
Installed Memory Size16GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity16GB
Memory Features24 DIMM slots, 12 per processor. (4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB DDR4 up to 2400MT/s, actual memory speed dependent on the processor capability)
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730 Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Max HDD Capacity52TB
Media DrivesDVD ROM
GPU TypeMatrox G200
Video Memory8MB
Remote ManagementiDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade)
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Expansion SlotsUp to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Operating SystemNo
Compatible/Certified OSMicrosoft Windows Small Business Server 2011/2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1/SP2, Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Solaris
Weight70.0000LBS

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Questions about this item

How do I install the H730 RAID controller in the dedicated slot, and what step is often missed?

Insert the H730 card into the dedicated RAID slot on the motherboard, then connect the SAS cables from the backplane. The step often missed is configuring the virtual disks in the H730 BIOS (Ctrl+R) before installing the operating system.

What maintenance will the 300 GB 15K SAS drives and 750 W redundant power supplies need later?

The 300 GB 15K SAS drives are mechanical; monitor SMART attributes via iDRAC8 and replace any drive that reports reallocated sectors. The 750 W redundant power supplies are hot-swap; replace a failed unit by sliding it out and inserting a new one without powering down.

What limit appears first under sustained load: CPU thermal throttling, memory bandwidth, or the 12 Gbps SAS backplane?

With a single E5-2630 v3 at 2.4 GHz and DDR4-2400, the 12 Gbps SAS backplane and H730 1 GB cache typically saturate before the CPU or memory subsystem during sustained sequential write workloads.

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