Dell PowerEdge R940 - Storage; Supported Hard Drives; RAID Controllers

Storage
The PowerEdge R940 provides storage expandability that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational demands. With
comprehensive storage options, the R940 oer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and dierent backplanes for
varied number of drives.
Topics:
• Supported hard drives
• RAID Controllers
• Internal persistent storage
• External storage
Supported hard drives
Table 9. Supported hard drives
Form factor Type Speed Rotational speed Capacities
2.5-inch
• SATA
• SSD
6 GB N/A 400GB, 480GB, 800GB,
960GB, 1200GB, 1600GB,
1920GB, 3200GB, 3840GB,
7680GB, 960GB(SED FIPS),
1920GB(SED FIPS)
2.5-inch
• SATA
6 GB 7.2 K 1TB, 2TB
2.5-inch
• SAS
12 GB 7.2 K 1TB, 2TB, 2TB(SED FIPS)
2.5-inch
• SAS
• SSD
12 GB N/A 400GB, 480GB, 800GB,
960GB, 1600GB, 1920GB,
3200GB, 3840GB, 7680GB,
15360GB, 1600GB(SED
FIPS), 1920GB(SED FIPS),
3200GB(SED FIPS),
3840GB(SED FIPS)
2.5-inch
• SAS
12 GB 10 K 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB,
1.2TB(SED FIPS), 2.4TB
(SED FIPS)
2.5-inch
• SAS
12 GB 15 K 300GB, 600GB, 900GB,
900GB (SED FIPS)
RAID Controllers
The PowerEdge R940 supports full height PERC adapter form factor only in slot 1 (for primary) and slot 6 (for secondary), and does not
support mini PERC form factors. The PERC controller oerings for R940 will be a heavy leverage of the 13G PERC family. New to the
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