Storage; Supported Hard Drives; Raid Controllers - Dell PowerEdge R940 Technical Manual

The PowerEdge R940 provides storage expandability that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational demands. With
comprehensive storage options, the R940 offer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different backplanes for
varied number of drives.
Topics:
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Supported hard drives

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RAID Controllers

• Internal persistent storage
• External storage
Supported hard drives
Table 9. Supported hard drives
Form factor Type
2.5-inch
• SATA
• SSD
2.5-inch
• SATA
2.5-inch
• SAS
2.5-inch
• SAS
• SSD
2.5-inch
• SAS
2.5-inch
• SAS
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 offerings for R940 will be a heavy leverage of the 13G PERC family. New to the
Speed
6 GB
6 GB
12 GB
12 GB
12 GB
12 GB
Rotational speed
N/A
7.2 K
7.2 K
N/A
10 K
15 K
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Storage

Capacities
400GB, 480GB, 800GB,
960GB, 1200GB, 1600GB,
1920GB, 3200GB, 3840GB,
7680GB, 960GB(SED FIPS),
1920GB(SED FIPS)
1TB, 2TB
1TB, 2TB, 2TB(SED FIPS)
400GB, 480GB, 800GB,
960GB, 1600GB, 1920GB,
3200GB, 3840GB, 7680GB,
15360GB, 1600GB(SED
FIPS), 1920GB(SED FIPS),
3200GB(SED FIPS),
3840GB(SED FIPS)
600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB,
1.2TB(SED FIPS), 2.4TB
(SED FIPS)
300GB, 600GB, 900GB,
900GB (SED FIPS)
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