DELL PowerEdge T430 5U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2690 v4 2.6GHz 14 Core 128GB DDR4 H730P 16x 2.5" Trays

Dual Xeon E5-2690 v4 5U Server

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 5U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with 14 cores and a 3.5 GHz turbo frequency. It includes 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across eight 16 GB modules and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache. Sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drive trays provide high-density storage capacity for SAS or SATA drives.

Virtualisation and database workloads

This configuration suits organisations running VMware ESXi, Hyper-V or Proxmox virtualisation clusters, Microsoft SQL Server databases, file and print services or backup repositories. Dual redundant 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 8 Express remote management support continuous operation. Buyers who require GPU compute density, more than two processor sockets, or memory capacity beyond 384 GB should evaluate alternative platforms.

Sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays with H730P RAID

The single specification that decides fit is the sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays backed by the PERC H730P controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. This provides dense internal storage with hardware RAID acceleration for business-critical applications. Systems needing only a few drives or software-defined storage without a hardware controller can use smaller chassis.