DELL PowerEdge R730xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2699 v4 2.2GHz 22-core 128GB DDR4 H730 2× 800GB SSD

Capacity and Workload Fit

This 2U rack server holds twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays and ships with two 800GB SATA SSDs managed by a Dell PERC H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors provide 22 cores each at 2.20 GHz with 3.6 GHz turbo, while 128GB of DDR4 ECC memory occupies eight of twenty-four slots leaving room to reach 1.5TB. Quad-port networking combines two 1GbE and two 10Gb SFP+ links, and iDRAC 8 Enterprise handles remote management.

Who This Suits and Who Should Look Elsewhere

Organisations running database clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure, data-warehouse nodes or high-performance computing tasks that benefit from dense 2.5-inch storage and dual-socket Xeon compute will find the configuration aligned. Buyers who require more than two processors, need PCIe add-in cards beyond the available riser slots, or want a 1U form factor should evaluate alternative platforms.

Deciding Specification

The PERC H730 RAID controller with 1GB cache and battery backup determines which drive types and RAID levels are supported, making it the single component that confirms whether this server matches the storage architecture you plan to deploy.