DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz 16-core 64GB DDR4 8× 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual Xeon 16-core server for virtualisation

The PowerEdge R730 installs two Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 processors at 2.1 GHz with 3.0 GHz turbo, giving 16 cores per socket and 64 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across four modules. It targets midsize and large enterprises running virtual desktop infrastructure, databases or high-performance computing nodes that need dense compute in a 2U rack form factor with redundant hot-swap power.

Sustained multi-threaded throughput

Under continuous load the dual 16-core CPUs maintain high frequencies across all cores, while the PERC H730 1 GB controller manages eight 1.2 TB 10 K SAS drives in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 with battery-backed cache. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links so storage and migration traffic does not saturate a single pipe during prolonged operations.

Thermals and power in a 2U chassis

Dual 750 W platinum supplies share the load and allow one unit to fail without downtime, while the 2U airflow design keeps component temperatures stable during extended runs. iDRAC 8 Enterprise gives remote thermal monitoring and power capping so administrators can balance density against acoustic limits without physical access to the rack.