Optimize and accelerate your workloads.
Adapt to virtually any workload with a scalable server featuring an optimal mix of memory, storage, processing and GPUs.
Tackle almost any workload
The incredible versatility of the PowerEdge R730 server delivers outstanding functionality in just 2U of rack space. With the combination of powerful processors, large memory, fast storage options and GPU accelerator support, the R730 performs exceptionally well in a number of demanding environments.
Virtualization and cloud applications
With the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family and up to 24 DIMMs of DDR4 RAM, the R730 has the processing cycles and threads and large memory footprint necessary to deliver more, larger and higher-performing virtual machines for data centers and cloud platforms.
Highly scalable storage, with up to 16 x 12Gb SAS drives and the high-performance 12Gb PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC9), can greatly accelerate data access for your virtualized environment. In addition, the R730 can take advantage of optional SanDisk® DAS Cache application acceleration technology for even faster data access.
VDI and HPC
The option for up to two 300W dual-width accelerators/GPUs (choose from Intel® Xeon Phi™, NVIDIA® Tesla® and AMD FirePro™) supports environments that require processing acceleration, including graphics-intensive virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementations, such as CAD/CAM and other research and development applications. Seven PCIe Gen3 expansion slots plus a dedicated slot for a RAID controller further enhance IO flexibility to help make the R730 an ideal compute node for IT as a service (XaaS) providers as well as high-performance computing (HPC) and medical-imaging solutions.
Processor
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2016
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
VMware® ESX®
Memory3
Up to 1.5TB (24 DIMM slots): 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR4 up to 2400MT/s
Drive Bays
Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
Up to 16 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS SSD: SAS, SATA
Up to 8 x 3.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS SSD: SAS, SATA
Chassis
Dimensions: H: 8.73 cm (3.44 in.) x W: 44.40 cm (17.49 in.) x D: 68.40 cm (26.92 in.)
Availability
ECC memory
Hot-plug hard drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power
iDRAC8
Internal Dual SD Module
Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
Spare Rank
Tool-less chassis
Support for high availability clustering and virtualization
Proactive systems management alerts
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller
Power
1100W AC, 86 mm (Platinum)
1100W DC, 86 mm (Gold)
750W AC, 86 mm (Platinum)
750W AC, 86 mm (Diamond)
495W AC, 86 mm (Platinum)
RAID Controllers
Internal:
PERC S130
PERC H330
PERC H730
PERC H730P
External:
PERC H830
Chipset
Intel C610 series chipset
Storage
HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS; SSD: SAS, SATA
16 x 2.5” – up to 29TB via 1.8TB hot-plug SAS hard drives
8 x 3.5” – up to 64TB via 8TB hot-plug nearline SAS hard drives
Slots
Slot configuration #1:
Slot 1: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile brackett
Slot 2: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile brackett
Slot 3: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile brackett
Slot 4: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x16 (x16 connector)
Slot 5: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector)
Slot 6: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector)
Slot 7: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector)
Dedicated RAID card slot
Slot configuration #2:
Slot 1: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile bracket
Slot 2: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile bracket
Slot 3: Half Length, Half Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector) low profile bracket
Slot 4: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x16 (x16 connector)
Slot 5: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x8 (x16 connector)
Slot 6: Full Length, Full Height, PCIe Gen3 x16 (x16 connector)
Dedicated RAID card slot
Network Controller
4 x 1Gb, 2 x 1Gb + 2 x 10Gb, 4 x 10Gb
Management
Dell OpenManage portfolio of systems management solutions, including:
OpenManage Essentials console
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC Quick Sync
OpenManage Mobile
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
Optional supported hypervisors:
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012, with Hyper-V®
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESXiTM
Communications
Broadcom 5719 quad-port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5720 dual-port 1Gb NIC
QLogic 57810 dual-port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA
QLogic 57810 dual-port 10Gb Base-T network adapter
Intel® Ethernet I350 dual-port 1Gb server adapter
Intel Ethernet I350 quad-port 1Gb server adapter
Intel Ethernet X540 dual-port 10GBASE-T server adapter
Mellanox® ConnectX®-3 dual-port 10Gb Direct Attach/SFP+ server network adapter
Mellanox ConnectX-3 dual-port 40Gb Direct Attach/QSFP server network adapter
Emulex® LPE 12000, single-port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex LPE 12002, dual-port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex LPe16000B, single-port 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex LPe16002B, dual-port 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex OneConnect OCe14102-U1-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE CNA
QLogic® 2560, single-port 8Gb Optical Fibre Channel HBA
QLogic 2562, dual-port 8Gb Optical Fibre Channel HBA
Qlogic 2660, single-port 16GB, Fibre Channel HBA, full height
Qlogic 2662, dual-port 16GB, Fibre Channel HBA, full height