Dell EMC PowerEdge R7425 - 6 Storage; Storage Controllers; Supported Drives

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Storage
The PowerEdge R7425 system provides storage expandability that allows customer to adapt it to their workload and operational
demands. With comprehensive storage options, the system oers various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and
dierent chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives.
All drives connect to the system board through the drive backplane. Drives are supplied in hot-swappable drive carriers that t in the
drive slots.
The PowerEdge R7425 system supports SAS, or SATA or NVMe SSD drives.
Storage Controllers
Dell EMC's RAID controller options oer performance improvements, including the Mini PERC solution. Mini PERC provides a base
RAID hardware controller without consuming a PCIe slot by using a small form factor and high density connector to the base planar.
The new PERC controller oerings will leverage heavily on previous generation PERC family. The premium performance PERC series
controller will drive better IOPs and enhanced the SSD performance.
Table 21. PERC series controller oerings
Performance level Controller and description
Entry
S140 (SATA, NVMe)
Value
HBA330 ,H330,
12Gbps SAS HBA
Value performance
H730P
Premium
performance
H740P, H840
Supported drives
Table 22. Supported drives - SAS and SATA
Form
Factor
Type Spee
d
Rotational
Speed
Capacities
2.5 inch SATA 6 Gb N/A 240 GB, 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1600 GB, 1920 GB
SSD 6 Gb N/A 3200 GB, 3840 GB
SATA 6 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB
SAS 12
Gb
7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 2 TB (SED FIPS)
SAS,
SSD
12
Gb
N/A 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1600 GB, 1920 GB, 3840 GB, 800 GB (SED FIPS),
1600 GB (SED FIPS)
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