DELL PowerEdge R730 2U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 64GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD H730

PowerEdge R730 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server built for midsize and large enterprise workloads. Two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors provide 28 cores at 2.4 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory and a PERC H730 1 GB controller support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise and quad-port 1 GbE plus 10 Gb SFP+ networking complete the platform.

Suits virtualisation and database nodes.

This server fits virtual desktop infrastructure, database and high-performance computing data-node roles that demand dense CPU cores and redundant power. The 2.5-inch drive bays and SATA SSD storage suit read-intensive applications. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, more than 1.5 TB of memory or additional 2.5-inch bays beyond the eight provided should evaluate other platforms.

Dual Xeon 14-core CPUs set the performance ceiling

The two 14-core Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors define the compute capacity available for any workload. With 28 total cores and a 3.3 GHz maximum turbo frequency, they determine how many virtual machines, database threads or HPC tasks can run concurrently. Memory can scale to 1.5 TB across 24 slots, but the processor core count and clock speed remain the fixed limit for parallel performance.