Storage; Internal Storage - Dell PowerEdge T620 Technical Manual

With comprehensive storage options, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 offers the choice of drive types,
internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis options depending on the drive
configuration.
Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide
accelerated performance over previous technologies. Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect
directly to the processor and chipset. CacheCade uses Dell PERC storage controllers to accelerate
performance over hard drives or traditional solid-state drives.
The T620 supports the following internal storage options:
 3.5-inch options:
4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
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8 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
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8 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives plus 4 Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives
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12 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
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2.5-inch options:
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16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
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16 + 16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
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16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays plus 4 Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives
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32 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
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Note that a system cannot be upgraded or reconfigured after point of purchase.
Table 12 lists T620 hard drive options. For additional information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form
Type
factor
SATA (3Gb)
3.5" Nearline SAS (6Gb)
SAS (6Gb)
SATA (3Gb)
Nearline SAS (6Gb)
SAS (6Gb)
SAS (6Gb)
2.5"
SAS SSD (SLC, 6Gb)
SATA SSD (MLC, 3Gb)
Express Flash
PCIe SSD (SLC)
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Available Q2 2012
Speed
Capacities
(rpm)
7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
7.2K 1TB, 2TB, 3TB
15K 300GB, 600GB
7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
7.2K 500GB, 1TB
10K 300GB, 600GB, 900GB
15K 146GB, 300GB
N/A 200GB, 400GB
N/A 100GB, 200GB
N/A 175GB, 350GB
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