Storage; Internal Storage; Supported Hard Drives; Express Flash Drives - Dell PowerEdge M620 Technical Manual

6 Storage

The Dell PowerEdge M620 provides comprehensive internal storage options, including several drive
types and storage controllers to choose from. The M620 supports up to 1.2TB of internal storage.
Express Flash PCIe SSDs are a new option that can provide vastly accelerated performance over
previous technologies. Dell Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect directly to the processor
and chipset and are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay.

Internal storage

The M620 is available in three different hard-drive backplane options. Table 10 lists the options for
backplanes, hard-drive controllers, and drive types for the M620.
Backplane
SATA
SAS
PCIe SSD

Supported hard drives

Table 11 lists the internal hard drives supported by the M620. For the latest information on supported
hard drives, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form
Type
factor
SATA (3GB)
Nearline SAS (6GB)
SAS (6GB)
SAS (6GB)
2.5"
SAS SSD (SLC, 6GB)
SATA SSD (eMLC,
3GB)
Express Flash PCIe
SSD (SLC)

Express Flash drives

Express Flash drives use PCIe and SSD technologies to provide performance, scalability, and optimal
serviceability. Accelerated performance with high IOPs is made possible without requiring processor
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Table 10. Hard-drive backplane options
Controller
Motherboard-embedded
SATA
PERC H310, H710, H710P
N/A
Table 11. Supported hard drives
Speed
(rpm)
7.2K
7.2K
10K
15K
N/A
N/A
N/A
Drive types
SATA SSD/HDD
SAS SSD/HDD,
SATA SSD/HDD
Express Flash
PCIe SSD
Capacities
250GB, 500GB, 1TB
500GB, 1TB, 1TB (SED)
300GB, 600GB, 900GB, 900GB (SED)
146GB, 300GB, 300GB (SED)
200GB, 400GB
100GB, 200GB 400GB 800GB
175GB, 350GB