DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10-core 64GB DDR4 8x 800GB SSD H730

Dual-socket 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack-mounted server system built for midsize and large enterprise workloads. Two Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors each provide 10 cores at 2.60 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. The system ships with 64 GB of DDR4 2133 MHz registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and includes a Dell PERC H730 1 GB storage controller with battery-backed cache.

Virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits teams running virtual desktop infrastructure, database clusters or high-performance computing data nodes that benefit from dual-socket compute density and hardware RAID flexibility. Eight 800 GB SATA SSDs deliver solid-state capacity for mixed read-write workloads while quad-port networking adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links. Buyers who need more than 1.5 TB of memory, more than two processor sockets, or direct-attached SAS expansion beyond the integrated controller should evaluate alternative chassis instead.

24 DDR4 DIMM slots for up to 1.5 TB

The server provides 24 DDR4 memory slots with a maximum supported capacity of 1.5 TB, allowing significant RAM growth beyond the factory-installed 64 GB. This ceiling determines whether the platform can accommodate future in-memory database or virtualisation density requirements without a hardware replacement.