DELL PowerEdge R730 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22-Core 768GB DDR4 8x 400GB SSD H730

Purpose-built compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 22 cores. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and eight 400 GB SATA solid-state drives managed by a PERC H730 controller. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 8 Enterprise provide redundancy and remote management.

Suited for virtualization and database clusters

This configuration suits environments that need high core counts and large memory capacity for virtualization hosts, VDI deployments or data-warehouse workloads. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays and quad-port 1 GbE and 10 Gb SFP+ networking support dense storage and connectivity. Buyers who require more than 1.5 TB of RAM or more than two processors should look at a different platform.

Memory ceiling decides fit

The system supports a maximum of 1.5 TB of DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots, so the installed 768 GB leaves room for growth. If your workload demands more memory than that ceiling, this server will not meet the requirement.