DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22-Core 256GB DDR4 24x 300GB SAS H730

Dense 2U server for storage-heavy workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R730xd is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors running at 2.2 GHz with 22 cores each. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules and a PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache. Twenty-four 2.5-inch 300 GB 10K SAS drives fill every bay, delivering high spindle-count capacity for databases, virtual desktop infrastructure or data-warehouse nodes. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suits buyers who need maximum drive density in 2U

This configuration targets organisations that prioritise raw SAS spindle count and large core counts over flash speed. The 24-bay chassis and dual 22-core CPUs handle heavily threaded database or HPC data-node tasks. Buyers who need solid-state speed, more than 1.5 TB of RAM or GPU accelerator support should look at different platforms because this unit has no SSD bays, maxes out at 1.5 TB memory and lacks PCIe width for compute cards.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS chassis dictates storage

The defining constraint is the 24-drive 2.5-inch SAS backplane paired with the H730 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. It accepts only SAS or SATA hard drives in those bays, so capacity and IOPS are bounded by 10K spindle performance. Any deployment plan must work within that mechanical storage envelope.