Storage; Storage Controllers; Supported Drives - Dell PowerEdge R640 Manual

The PowerEdge R640 provides scalable storage that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational requirements. With
comprehensive storage options, the PowerEdge R640 offers various internal and external storage controllers, drive types, and different
chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives. Features such as Express Flash PCIe SSDs, PERC H740p, and H840 RAID controllers
provide vastly accelerated performance compared to the previous technologies.

Storage controllers

The new PERC Controller offerings is a heavy leverage of previous generation PERC family. The Value Performance level controllers,
carried-over from previous generation to PowerEdge R640, are a high-end offering that drives Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPs)
performance and enhance the SSD performance.
NOTE: On-board SATA ports (S140) are not accessible if mini PERC is installed.
Table 9. PERC series controller offerings
Performance Level Controller and Description
S140—SATA, NVMe
Entry
(SW RAID) SATA, NVMe
HBA330—Internal, 12 Gbps SAS HBA—External
Value
H330, 12 Gbps SAS HBA—External
H730P
Value Performance
H740P, H840
Premium
Performance

Supported drives

Table 10. Supported drives - SAS and SATA
Form Type Spee
Factor d
2.5 inches SATA, 6 Gb
SSD
SATA 6 Gb
SAS 12 Gb 7.2 K
SAS, 12 Gb N/A
SSD
SAS 12 Gb 10 K
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Storage

Rotational Capacities
Speed
N/A 240 GB, 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 GB, 1.9 GB, 3.2 GB, 3.8 GB
7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB
1 TB, 2 TB, 2 TB—SED FIPS
400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 GB, 1.9 GB, 3.8 GB, 800 GB(SED FIPS), 1.6 GB—
SED FIPS
300 GB, 600 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, 2.4 TB, 1.2 TB(SED FIPS), 2.4 TB—SED FIPS
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