Storage; Internal Storage - Dell PowerEdge R620 Technical Manual

With comprehensive storage options, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 offers a choice of drive types,
internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplane options for a varied
numbers of drives.
Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide
accelerated performance over previous technologies. Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect
directly to the processor and chipset and are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay. CacheCade
uses Dell PERC storage controllers to accelerate performance over hard drives or traditional
solid-state drives.
With the 8-drive bay or 10-drive bay chassis options, the R620 supports four different internal
storage options:

4 x 2.5-inch drives

4 x 2.5-inch drives plus 2 x 2.5-inch Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives

8 x 2.5-inch drives

10 x 2.5-inch drives
Note that a system cannot be upgraded or reconfigured after point of purchase.
The R620 supports up to ten 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives. Table 12 lists more
information about these drives. For additional information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form
factor
1
Available Q2 2012
Type
SATA (3Gb)
Nearline SAS (6Gb)
SAS (6Gb)
SAS (6Gb)
SAS SSD (SLC, 6Gb)
SATA SSD (MLC, 3Gb)
Express Flash
1
PCIe SSD (SLC)
Speed Capacities
(rpm)
7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
7.2K 500GB, 1TB
10K 300GB, 600GB, 900GB
15K 146GB, 300GB
N/A 200GB, 400GB
N/A 100GB, 200GB
N/A 175GB, 350GB