DELL PowerEdge T430 5U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2695 v4 2.1GHz 18 Core 32GB DDR4 H730P

Dual Xeon 5U tower server for virtualization

This Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 5U tower server that can also be rack-mounted with a conversion kit. It arrives with two Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors, each delivering 18 cores at 2.1 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 32 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across twelve slots, expandable to 384 GB. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays.

Suited for multi-VM hosts and database workloads

Dual-socket performance and large memory headroom make this platform a good fit for ESXi, Hyper-V or Proxmox clusters running many virtual machines. The sixteen-bay chassis and hardware RAID controller support sizeable SQL Server or SDS deployments. Buyers who need more than two processors or memory beyond 384 GB should look at a larger platform. The tower form factor with optional rack rails also means it is not a direct drop-in for standard rack rows without the conversion kit.

Sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays with PERC H730P

The single specification that decides fit is the storage subsystem: sixteen front-accessible 2.5-inch bays wired to a Dell PERC H730P 2 GB 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller. This combination determines how many drives you can install, which RAID levels are available, and whether your existing SAS or SATA media will be supported. No drives are included, so the bay count and controller define the starting point for any capacity plan.