Storage; Overview; Hard Drives; Raid Configurations - Dell PowerEdge R210 II Technical Manual

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12 Storage

12.1 Overview

The PowerEdge R210 II supports the following hard drive configurations:

2 x 3.5‖ cabled SATA drives using the motherboard SATA connector

2 x 3.5‖ cabled SAS, nearline SAS, or SATA drives using an add-on storage controller

4 x 2.5‖ SSD or SAS drives using an add-on storage controller (available Q2 2011)
The hard-drive configuration must be selected at point of purchase and is not an upgrade option.

12.2 Hard Drives

Table 14 lists the supported hard drives for the PowerEdge R210 II. For the latest information on
supported hard drives, visit Dell.com.
Form Factor
3.5‖
3.5‖
3.5‖
1
2.5‖
2.5‖
1
2.5‖ drives available Q2 2011.

12.3 RAID Configurations

Table 15 details the factory RAID configurations for the PowerEdge R210 II.
Config Configurations
Type
# Name
SATA—No 1 MSTCBL
RAID
SATA RAID 2 MSTR0CBL
3 MSTR1CBL
SAS/SATA 4 ASSR0CBL
RAID
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Table 14. Supported Hard Drives
Capacity
250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
500GB, 1TB, 2TB
146GB, 300GB, 450GB, 600GB
100GB, 200GB
146GB, 300GB, 600GB, 900GB
Table 15. Factory RAID Configurations
Description
On-board SATA Controller
Embedded SATA SW RAID (PERC S100)—RAID 0
Embedded SATA SW RAID (PERC S100)—RAID 1
Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 0 (PERC S300)
with 2 hard drives
Speed Type
7.2K SATA
7.2K NL SAS
15K SAS
N/A SATA SSD
10K SAS
Non-Mixed Drives,
all SATA, all SSD,
or all SAS
Min HDD
1
2
2
2
Max
HDD
2
2
2
2
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