Internal storage
The RD450 supports chassis configurations with either 2.5-inch drive bays or 3.5-inch drive bays. Some
configurations also support an optical drive or both an optical drive and an internal LTO6 tape drive. The
seven available drive configurations are shown in the following figure (the 4th diagram indicates two of the
seven configurations).
Figure 5. Available drive bay configurations
There are four backplanes available for the RD450:
8x 3.5-inch drive backplane with SAS connectors
8x 2.5-inch drive backplane with SAS connectors
8x 2.5-inch drive backplane with AnyRAID connectors
16x 2.5-inch drive backplane with AnyRAID connectors
All configurations support 12Gb SAS/SATA speeds when 12 Gb drives and RAID controller are used.
The following table shows the specifics of each of the drive bay configurations.