DELL PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server 12×3.5" E5-2609v3 1.9GHz 96GB H330

Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2U rack server

This 2U rack server delivers twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays and a PERC H330 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. A single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor runs at 1.9 GHz with 96 GB of DDR4 memory installed across 24 DIMM slots. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management come standard.

Suits storage-dense workloads needing twelve-bay

Organisations that require a second processor, pre-installed drives or an operating system should consider other configurations. Buyers who need more than 52 TB of raw capacity or PCIe 4.0 slots will not find those specifications here. The single CPU and 96 GB memory ceiling also limit heavily threaded or memory-intensive applications.

Twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug bays with H330 RAID

The chassis accepts up to twelve 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives and the H330 controller provides hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 at 12 Gbps. This bay count and controller combination determines whether the server fits a given storage deployment.