Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 8GB DDR4 3x 1TB SATA H330

Rack server with 24 hot-plug bays

The Dell PowerEdge R730XD is a 2U rack server designed for storage-dense workloads. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz and 8 GB of DDR4 memory. The chassis supports up to 24 x 2.5-inch hot-plug SAS or SATA drives and includes a Dell PERC H330 RAID controller.

Suited for cold-storage archives.

This configuration suits organisations building large-capacity archives or backup targets on a limited budget. The 3 x 1 TB 7.2K SATA drives and 52 TB maximum raw capacity provide ample space for sequential workloads. Buyers who need more memory than the installed 8 GB or who require faster flash-based storage should look at other configurations.

Single Xeon E5-2609 v3 limits compute throughput

The installed six-core 1.9 GHz processor sets the ceiling for parallel processing performance. With only one CPU populated, the system cannot utilise the second socket or the full 24 DIMM slots for maximum memory bandwidth. This constraint makes the server a poor fit for virtualisation clusters or database nodes that demand high core counts.