Dell's PowerEdge R230 Delivers for SMB Customers

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Commodity servers typically come with run-of-the-mill specs to go along with a low price. The 1U form factor almost always means limitations on disk, CPU and memory.
Dell has set out to change that impression with the PowerEdge R230. This addition to the Dell PowerEdge line sets a new standard for the lowly 1U server.
To start, the PowerEdge R230 is powered by the Intel Skylake family of processors that offers a variety of features including several versions focused on compute-intensive workloads with no on-chip graphics.
Our server review unit came with an Intel E3-1230 v5 processor that runs at 3.40 GHz, 16 GB of DDR4 memory, two 2 TB SAS disk drives attached to a PERC H330 adapter with like Asus P52 AC Adapter, Asus Pro50 AC Adapter, Asus U6V AC Adapter, Acer W2V AC Adapter, Asus X61 AC Adapter, Asus B50 AC Adapter, Asus UL80 AC Adapter, Asus Eee PC 900 AC Adapter, Asus Eee PC 700 AC Adapter, Asus N90 AC Adapter, Asus G71 AC Adapter, Asus F9F AC Adapterand a total of three 1 GB Ethernet ports, including the management port.
We loaded Windows Server 2012 R2 using the DVD drive to test the basic functionality of configuring the system for the first time (see figure 1 below). The PowerEdge R230 supports up to 64 GB of memory, double the maximum of the PowerEdge R220 that the R230 replaces.
A single LGA1151 CPU socket holds a processor from the Intel E3-1200 v5 four-core "Skylake" family. Four memory slots make it possible to use 16GB DDR4 devices, for up to a maximum of 64GB of memory.
Two PCIe 3.0 slots double the I/O throughput of the previous PCIe 2.0 standard. This makes a big difference with disks connected to the R230/PERC9 controller. Speaking of storage, the PowerEdge R230 supports a wide range of rotating and solid state disk devices of the 2.5- and 3.5-inch variety.
The fan-noise was more than bearable for an office environment, with a moderate level during reboot / startup settling down to a quiet hum after a few minutes. Boot time from a powered-off state into the Windows Sever 2016 TP3 login screen was a respectable average of 62 seconds, although the 16GB of memory definitely affects the overall startup time. The two disk drives were configured in RAID 0 mode, although the PERC H330 does support HBA mode.
Two USB 2.0 ports and a VGA connector on the front panel allow you to connect a keyboard, mouse and monitor, if necessary. The rear panel has two USB 3.0 ports and three RJ-45 Ethernet ports, plus a serial and VGA for management. Another internal USB 3.0 port can be used for boot media in a VMware environment. A single 250W power supply delivers more than enough juice for all the components you can stuff into a 1U device.