Dell PowerEdge R220 - 6 Storage; Supported Hard Drives; External Storage; Storage Controllers

Dell PowerEdge R220 Technical Guide 19
6 Storage
The PowerEdge R220 supports up to two 3.5-inch cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector
or 2 x 3.5” cabled SATA or SAS via add on storage controller.
Supported hard drives
The R220 supports up to two 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives or solid-state drives. Table 9 lists
more information about these drives. For an up-to-date list of supported hard drives for the R220,
see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Supported hard drives
Form
factor
Type
Speed
Capacities
2.5”
SATA
7.2K
250GB, 500GB, 1TB
Nearline SAS
7.2K
500GB, 1TB
SAS
10K
300GB, 600GB, 900GB,
1.2TB
SAS
15K
146GB, 300GB, 600GB
SATA MLC SSD
N/A
100GB, 200GB, 400GB,
800GB
SATA RI MLC SSD
N/A
160GB, 300GB, 480GB,
800GB
3.5”
SATA
7.2K
500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB,
4TB
Nearline SAS
7.2K
1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
SAS
15K
300GB, 600GB
External storage
External storage for the R220 is available through optional host bus adapters for SAS and iSCSI. For
more information, see Dell.com/Storage.
Storage controllers
The newest line of PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) cards offers high I/O performance for
database applications and streaming digital media environments. Internal RAID controllers have a
dedicated connection to the system board. The R220 supports the new PERC 8 family of controllers
with improved functionality and faster performance.