DELL PowerEdge T430 16SFF 2x Xeon E5-2660V3 128GB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge T430 16SFF dual Xeon server

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a 2U rack-mount server system fitted with two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors running at 2.6 GHz. Each CPU provides ten cores and 25 MB of cache, giving twenty cores in total. The system ships with 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed across the available DIMM slots. A Dell PERC H730 SAS RAID controller manages the sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays, which support SATA hard drives or solid-state drives. Remote administration is handled by iDRAC8 Express, and dual 1 100 W power supplies deliver redundant power.

Suited for virtualisation hosts

This configuration suits organisations that need dense 2.5-inch storage capacity in a two-socket rack platform with hardware RAID and out-of-band management. The sixteen-bay chassis supports large RAID arrays for databases, file services or backup targets. Buyers who require more than 384 GB of memory, more than two processor sockets, or GPU compute acceleration should evaluate alternative platforms. The integrated graphics and single 1 GbE dual-port adapter limit suitability for graphics-intensive or high-throughput networking roles.

Sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays with PERC H730 RAID

The defining specification is the sixteen-bay 2.5-inch chassis paired with the Dell PERC H730 SAS controller. This combination determines how many drives can be installed and which RAID levels are available for data protection and performance. The controller connects to the backplane through SAS signalling while the bays accept SATA media. Memory can be expanded to 384 GB using DDR4 modules, and the two Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors represent the maximum CPU configuration for this model.