DELL PowerEdge R730xd 24SFF 2x Xeon E5-2670 v3 2.3GHz 512GB DDR4 No Drive

Dense 2.5-inch storage platform

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd fits up to 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch drives in a two-socket 2U rack chassis. Dual Xeon E5-2670 v3 processors run at 2.3 GHz with 12 cores each and 30 MB cache. Installed memory totals 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered DIMMs, leaving headroom to the 768 GB maximum.

PERC H730 RAID with dual 1100 W supplies

A Dell PERC H730 SAS controller manages SATA drives and RAID levels without consuming a PCIe slot. Two 1100 W power supplies provide redundancy for the fully populated drive cage. Integrated graphics and an Intel I350/X540 quad-port network card deliver 2 x 10 GbE and 2 x 1 GbE connectivity. iDRAC8 Enterprise enables remote power, console and firmware management over a dedicated port.

Suits capacity-first workloads, not GPU compute

This configuration targets buyers who need dense local storage for databases, backup targets or software-defined storage clusters. It does not accommodate full-height double-width GPU cards, so buyers who want GPU acceleration should look at a different chassis. The 24-bay layout also leaves no room for additional PCIe expansion beyond the installed network card.