DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon E5-2699 v3 2.3GHz 18 Core 64GB DDR4 H730 12x 4TB rack server

Purpose-built 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack-mount server designed for storage-heavy workloads such as data warehousing, virtual desktop infrastructure and high-performance computing nodes. It ships with dual 18-core Xeon processors running at 2.3 GHz, 64 GB of DDR4 memory and twelve 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 4 TB enterprise SATA drives. Buyers needing a dense, all-in-one platform for large sequential datasets will find the configuration ready to deploy.

Storage interface and expansion limits

The PERC H730 controller provides 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. All twelve front bays are occupied by the included 7.2K RPM drives, so adding further internal storage requires removing existing drives or using external enclosures. Memory scales to 1.5 TB across 24 DDR4 slots, though only four slots are currently populated. Network I/O is handled by a quad-port daughter card offering two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections.

Compatibility checks before ordering

Verify that your rack provides 2U of vertical space and sufficient depth for the chassis and included sliding rails. Confirm the facility can supply redundant power to the dual 750 W platinum-efficiency PSUs on the available circuits. Ensure your network infrastructure has SFP+ transceivers and cabling for the 10 GbE ports if those links will be used. The system uses LGA 2011-3 sockets and registered ECC DDR4; any future CPU or memory upgrades must match those specifications.