DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24SFF 1x Xeon E5-2650v4 2.2GHz 192GB DDR4 No Drive

PowerEdge R730xd 24SFF Server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built for high-density storage. It fits 24 small-form-factor drive bays in a 36 by 24 by 10 inch chassis weighing 40 pounds. One Intel Xeon E5-2650v4 processor running at 2.2 GHz with 12 cores and 30 MB cache is installed. The system ships with 192 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730 SAS RAID controller. Dual 1100 W power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management are included. No drives are installed.

Storage-dense workloads versus compute-heavy needs

This configuration suits buyers who need maximum drive count in a 2U space for software-defined storage, backup targets or large databases. The single CPU leaves one socket free for a second processor if more threads are required later. Buyers who want drives included should select a different build. Builds that need more than 192 GB of memory can expand to 768 GB using the 24 DIMM slots. Buyers who need a smaller chassis or fewer drive bays should consider a different form factor.

24 x 2.5-inch drive bay capacity

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis that sets the storage ceiling for this server. Each bay accepts SATA or SAS drives through the PERC H730 controller. The installed 192 GB DDR4 memory and single 12-core Xeon processor provide a baseline for virtualization or storage services. Adding a second Xeon E5-2650v4 doubles the core count to 24. Memory can grow to 768 GB across the available slots. The dual 10 GbE and dual 1 GbE network ports handle heavy data traffic.