Storage; Internal Storage; Table 11. Supported Hard Drives - Dell PowerEdge R520 Technical Manual

6 Storage

The Dell PowerEdge R520 supports comprehensive storage options, including different internal and
external storage options.

Internal storage

The R520 has one chassis that supports two different drive-bay options:

4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug drive option
Drive controllers: embedded SATA, PERC S110
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Non-hot-plug with embedded SATA; hard drive LED on the hard drive tray is disabled
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Hot-pluggable with PERC S110; hard drive LED on the hard drive tray is enabled
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8 x 3.5-inch hot-plug drive option
Drive controllers: PERC H310, PERC H710, PERC H710P
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Both drive-bay options support 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives and solid-state drives.
Supported hard drives
The R520 supports up to eight 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives or solid-state drives.
Self-encrypting drives (SED) are available. All 2.5-inch drives require the 3.5-inch hybrid tray. Table
11 lists more information about these drives. For additional information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form Type
factor
SAS
SAS
2.5"
SAS SSD
SATA SSD
SATA
Nearline SAS
3.5"
SAS
*SED available
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Table 11. Supported hard drives
Speed
(rpm)
10K
15K
N/A
N/A
7.2K
7.2K
15K
Capacities
300GB, 600GB, 900GB*, 1.2TB
146GB, 300GB*
200GB, 400GB
100GB, 160GB, 200GB, 300GB, 400GB
600GB
500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
1TB, 2TB, 3TB*, 4TB
300GB, 600GB*