Storage; Internal Storage; Table 12. Supported Hard Drives - Dell PowerEdge T620 Technical Manual

6 Storage

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 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 (SSDs).

Internal storage

The T620 supports the following internal storage options:

3.5-inch options:
4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
—
8 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
—
8 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives plus four Express Flash PCIe SSDs
—
12 x 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
—

2.5-inch options:
16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
—
16 + 16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
—
16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays plus four Express Flash PCIe SSDs
—
32 x 2.5-inch hot-plug drive bays
—
Note: A system cannot be upgraded or reconfigured after point of purchase.
Supported hard drives
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
Nearline SAS
SAS
2.5"
SAS
SAS SSD
SATA SSD
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Table 12. Supported hard drives
Speed
(rpm)
7.2K
7.2K
15K
7.2K
7.2K
10K
15K
N/A
N/A
Capacities
250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
300GB, 600GB
250GB, 500GB, 1TB
500GB, 1TB
300GB, 600GB, 900GB, 1.2TB
146GB, 300GB
200GB, 400GB
100GB, 160GB, 200GB, 300GB
400GB, 480GB, 800GB