The PowerEdge R530 offers unprecedented performance for data centers requiring a cost-effective, virtualization-compatible, 2-socket rack server. Perfect for common business activities such as mail and messaging, file and print, workgroup collaboration, web serving, and video streaming, the R530 is also well-suited for specialized roles such as dedicated development or backup server.
The PowerEdge R530 comes with Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 or v4 product family, boasting up to 22 cores per processor. Moreover, it offers up to 15% more memory bandwidth with 12 DIMM slots and DDR4 memory, and also draws up to 30% less power than its DDR3 predecessor.
Five PCIe slots, with three of them being PCIe Gen3, allow for double the data throughput in comparison to PCIe Gen2. Additionally, it provides scalability and preparedness for virtualization and high-availability clustering. Finally, up to 8 3.5" hard drives and various RAID options support data growth and allow for protection and enhanced performance.