Your Cart is Empty
Base Standard Capabilities
| Feature | PowerEdge R730 Technical Specification | |
|---|---|---|
| Form factor | 2U rack server | |
| Dimensions and weight |
| |
| Processor | Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family | |
| Processor sockets | 2 | |
| Cache | 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22 | |
| Chipset | Intel C610 series chipset | |
| Memory | Up to 3TB (24 DIMM slots): 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB DDR4 up to 2400MT/s | |
| I/O slots | Up to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot | |
| RAID controllers | Internal controllers: PERC S130 (SW RAID), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H730P External HBAs (RAID): PERC H830 External HBAs (non-RAID): 12Gbps SAS HBA | |
| Drive bays | Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
| |
| Maximum internal storage | HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS SSD: SAS, SATA
| |
| Embedded NIC | 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10+2GbE, 4 x 10GbE NDC | |
| Power supplies | Titanium efficiency 750W AC power supply; 1100W DC power supply; Platinum efficiency 495W, 750W, 1100W AC power supply; | |
| Availability | ECC memory, hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant cooling, hot-plug redundant power, 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 | |
| Remote management | iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller iDRAC8 Express (default) iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8GB vFlash media (upgrade) 16GB vFlash media (upgrade) | |
| Systems management |
| |
| Optional supported hypervisors | Citrix® XenServer, VMware vSphere® ESXi® | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows Server® 2008/2012 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V®) Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V) Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux | |
| Rack support | ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm. | |
Compare Servers
| Feature | PowerEdge R720/R720xd | PowerEdge R730/R730xd |
|---|---|---|
| Chassis | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Processors | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family |
| Internal interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) | Intel QPI |
| Memory | 24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM, and LRDIMM Up to 768GB | 24 x DDR4 RDIMM and LRDIMM Up to 768GB |
| Disk drives | R720: Up to 16 x 2.5“ or 8 x 3.5” 6Gb SAS, 3Gb SATA R720xd: Up to 26 x 2.5” SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS, NLSAS, SATA, SAS 512n or 12 x 3.5” SAS, NL-SAS, SATA + 2 x 2.5” drives | R730: Up to 16 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, NL-SAS; SSD: 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA Up to 8 x 3.5” HDD: SATA, NL-SAS; SSD: 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA R730xd: Up to 24 x 2.5” + 2 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, NL-SAS; SSD: 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA, up to 4 NVMe Express Flash PCIe Up to 16 x 3.5” + 2 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, NL-SAS; SSD: 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA |
| RAID controller | PERC S110 (software RAID), H310, H710,
H710P, H810 (external); support for 2 internal RAID controllers | PERC S130 (software RAID), H330,
H730, H730P, H830 (external); support for 2 internal RAID controllers |
| PCI slots | Max 7 + 1 x PCIe 3.0/6 + 1 x PCIe 3.0 | Max 7 + 1 x PCIe 3.0/6 + 1 x PCIe 3.0 option to eliminate Riser 1 |
| Embedded NICs | Select Network Adapter NDC 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10GbE | Select Network Adapter NDC 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10GbE, 4 x 10GbE |
| USB | USB 2.0 | USB 3.0 (back and internal ports only) |
| Power supplies | Hot-plug, redundant power supply units: >95W AC, 750W AC, 750W AC/DC mixed mode, 1100W AC, 1100W DC | Hot-plug, redundant power supply units: 495W AC, 750W AC, 750W AC/DC mixed mode2, 1100W AC, 1100W DC |
| Power efficiency 80 PLUS® certification | Titanium and Platinum | Titanium and Platinum |
| Dell OpenManage Systems Management | OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console IT Assistant OMSA Agent OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) OpenManage Integrations and Connections iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) | OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console OMSA Agent OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC8 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) OpenManage Integrations and Connections iDRAC8 Express with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) |
| Internal GPU | 2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150W (single-wide) Not supported on R720xd | 2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150W (single-wide) Not supported on R730xd |
| Availability | Hot-plug drives Hot-plug redundant cooling Hot-plug redundant PSUs IDSDM support | Hot-plug drives Hot-plug redundant cooling Hot-plug redundant PSUs IDSDM support (next generation) |
