DELL PowerEdge T430 5U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2690 v4 2.6GHz 14-core 32GB DDR4 H730P 16-bay 2.5

Dual Xeon E5-2690 v4 server for virtualization

This Dell PowerEdge T430 ships with two 14-core Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 processors running at 2.6 GHz with a 3.5 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 32 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four modules and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. Sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays provide dense storage capacity for SAS, SATA, or SSD drives in a 5U tower chassis that accepts an optional rack conversion kit.

Check memory slots and power redundancy before

The server offers twelve DDR4 memory slots with a maximum capacity of 384 GB, leaving eight slots available for expansion beyond the installed 32 GB. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies deliver hot-swap redundancy, so verify that your rack or floor power distribution can accommodate both units. Four 2.5-inch drive trays are included; the remaining twelve bays require additional trays for full population. Integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet and iDRAC 8 Express provide out-of-band management and network connectivity without extra cards.

Upgrades from single-socket towers

Moving from a single-processor platform doubles thread count to twenty-eight cores and raises the memory ceiling to 384 GB, which benefits heavy virtualization hosts and large database workloads. The sixteen-bay 2.5-inch layout surpasses typical eight-bay 2U servers, allowing more spindles or flash devices without external enclosures. The jump is worth it when your current chassis has exhausted drive bays, memory slots, or CPU sockets and you need room to grow inside one 5U footprint.