13th Generation Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Server Comparison
The 13th generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge rack servers represents a lineup of hardware designed for the widest range of web, enterprise, and hyperscale applications. Delivering levels of flexibility, efficiency, and performance, these systems allow IT organizations to: Build a scalable, adaptable infrastructure; Manage from anywhere with more automation and new access options; Increase application performance with scalable, efficient, in‑server storage.
| RACK OPTIMIZED POWEREDGE SERVERS |
R930 | R830 | R730xd | R730 | R630 | R530 | R430 | R330 | R230 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Attributes | Compute‑intensive 4U, 4‑socket rack server designed for demanding enterprise applications and features industry‑leading internal storage and memory scalability to optimize application performance. | High‑performance, 2U, 4‑socket rack server designed for dense virtualization and scalable database applications. | A performance 2U, 2‑socket rack server that offers highly dense, flexible storage options – including in‑box tiering and a massive internal storage capacity designed for future scale out. | A performance 2U, 2‑socket rack server delivers tremendous functional flexibility with a combination of compute power, large memory and very fast storage. | A performance 1U, 2‑socket rack server that delivers incredible density across a range of resources enabling highly flexible data center scaling. | Powerful 2U, 2‑socket rack server designed for core medium business databases and applications, and for consolidation and virtualization. | 1U, 2‑socket rack server delivers performance, density and internal expandability for customized workloads. | 1U, 1‑socket entry rack server with enhanced high availability and serviceability, excellent for SMB and ROBO. | 1U, 1‑socket rack server delivers performance and efficiency to small businesses. |
| Rack Height | 4U | 4U | 2U | 2U | 1U | 2U | 1U | 1U | 1U |
| Chipset | Intel® C602J Patsburg‑J Peripheral Control Hub (PCH) |
Intel C612 | Intel C610 Series Chipset | Intel C610 Series Chipset | Intel C610 Series Chipset | Intel C610 | Intel C610 | Intel C236 | Intel C236 |
| FSB / HT / Interconnect | N/A | QPI @ 9.6 GT/s | QPI @ 9.6 GT/s | QPI @ 9.6 GT/s | QPI @ 9.6 GT/s | QPI @ Up to 9.6 GT/s | QPI @ Up to 9.6 GT/s | Intel DMI 3.0 | Intel DMI 3.0 |
| Processors | 2x/4x Intel Xeon E7 4800v3/8800v3 series processors Haswell‑EX | Intel Xeon processor E5‑4600 v4 product family; up to 22 cores per socket | 1x/2x Xeon E5‑2600 v3 "Haswell" | 1x/2x Xeon E5‑2600 v3 "Haswell" | 1x/2x Xeon E5‑2600 v3 "Haswell" | 1x/2x Intel® Xeon® E5‑2600 v3 "Haswell" |
1x/2x Intel® Xeon® E5‑2600 v3 "Haswell" |
Intel® Xeon® processor E3‑1200 v5 product family |
Intel® Xeon® processor E3‑1200 v5 product family Intel® Core™ i3‑6100 product family Intel® Pentium® processors |
| Memory | Up to 6TB | 96 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 48 DIMMs Up to 2400MT/s |
Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 384GB | 12 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 384GB | 12 Slots | up to 2133MT/s | Up to 64GB | 4 Slots | 2133MHz | Up to 64GB | 4 Slots | 2133MHz |
| Hard Drives | Up to 24x 2.5" Hot‑plug 12Gb/6Gb SAS HDD or SAS/SATA SSD Up to 8 front‑accessible Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD (PCIe 3.0) | Up to 16 x 2.5" SATA/SAS SSD, SAS HDD, nearline SAS HDD | 24x 2.5" + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 24x 2.5" + 4 PCIe SSD + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 18x 1.8" + 8x 3.5" + 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 12x 3.5" + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 12 + 12 2.5" Hot plug |
Up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5" Hot plug or 8x 2.5" | Up to 24x 1.8" SSD Up to 10x 2.5" HDD Up to 8x 2.5" HDD |
8x 3.5" Hot plug | 10x/8x 2.5" Hot plug or 4x 3.5" Cabled / Hot plug |
4x 3.5" Cabled or HP 8x 2.5" HP or 2x 1.8" cabled |
4x 3.5" Cabled or 4x 3.5" Hot plug |
| Internal HD / RAID Controller | PERC H330, PERC H730P | PERC H330, H730, H730P | PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p | PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p | PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p | Optional S130(SW), H330, H730, H730p |
Optional S130(SW), H330, H730, H730p |
S130 H330 H370 | S130 H330 H370 |
| Integrated Slot | PCIe x8/ PCIe x16 | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | N/A | N/A |
| PCI Slots (I/O) FH = Full Height HH = Half Height FL = Full Length HL = Half Length |
8x PCIe or 6x PCIe + 4x PCIe via add'l Risers |
Up to 7 x Gen3 slots (2x16+1x8+3x8) | 6x PCIe: 2x PCIe x16 [FH/FL] + 1x PCIe x8 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [HH/HL] |
7x PCIe: 1x PCIe x16 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [HH/HL] |
3PCI: 2x PCIe x16 [HL/LP] + 1x PCIe x16(x8) [HL/LP] or 2PCI: 1x PCIe x16 [FH / 3/4L] + 1x PCIe x16 [HL/LP] |
1CPU: 1x PCIe x8 (x4) [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] 2CPU: 1x PCIe x16 [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] |
1CPU: 1x PCIe x8 (x4) [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] 2CPU: 1x PCIe x16 [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] | 2xPCIe: x16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) x8 Slot LP (1X4 Gen3) |
only with riser x16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) x8 Slot LP (1x4 Gen3) |
| External Storage | PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps HBA (PCIe) |
PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps HBA (PCIe) |
PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe) |
PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe) |
PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe) |
H830 12Gbps SAS HBA |
H830 12Gbps SAS HBA |
H830 12Gbps SAS HBA |
H830 12Gbps SAS HBA |
| Internal Back‑up | External only |
External only |
External only | RD1000 (on 2.5" chassis only) | External only | External only | External only | External only | External only |
| LAN on Motherboard | Configurable rNDC | Configurable rNDC | Configurable rNDC | Configurable rNDC | Configurable rNDC | 4x 1GbE LOM | 4x 1GbE LOM | Broadcom 5720 | Broadcom 5720 |
| DRAC | iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash |
iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash |
iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash |
iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash |
iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash |
Optional iDRAC8 | Optional iDRAC8 | Optional iDRAC8 | Optional iDRAC8 |
| Redundant Power Supply | Yes, up to 4x PSU | Yes, Optional | Yes, Optional | Yes, Optional | Yes, Optional | Yes, Optional | Yes, Optional | No | No |
| PSU Options | 750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap) | 495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap) |
495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap) |
495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap) |
495W/750W/1100W AC 750W/1100W DC (hot swap) |
495W, 750W, 1100W Hot‑plug PSU / 450W PSU Cabled | 450W, 550W PSU | 350W Redundant PSU | 250W (non hot swap) |
| System Fans | 6 hot swap, redundant |
6 fans, hot swap, redundant |
6 fans, hot swap, redundant | 6 fans, hot swap, redundant | 7 fans, hot swap, single‑rotor | 4 to 6 fans non hot swap (based on PSU/CPU config) |
4 to 6 fans non hot swap (based on PSU/CPU config) |
3 fans non hot swap + 1 optional fan for PCIe card (riser) |
3 fans non hot swap + 1 optional fan for PCIe card (riser) |
| USB Ports | 2 front (2.0) + 2 rear (2.0) + 1 internal (2.0) |
1 front + 2 rear + 1 internal |
1 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | Up to 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal | 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal |
| Operating Systems | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 Red Hat & SuSe® Enterprise Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 Red Hat & SuSe® Enterprise Linux VMware ESX/ESX |
Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2012 SP2 R2 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2012 SP2 R2 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2013 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |
Windows 2008/2011 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi |