HP xw8600 Specification page 19

QuickSpecs
Storage
Minitower
Optional Diskette Drive
5.25" Storage Drive Bays
Third external 5.25" bay is
not full-depth, bottom bay is
limited to 200mm device
depth.
3.5" Storage Drive Bays with
acoustic dampening rail
assemblies
SFF SATA drives have 2:3
bay adapter, so they can
convert 2 bays to 3 or 4 bays
to 6, enabling up to 6 hard
drives.
3.5" Storage Drive Bay
Tower configuration
Quantity Supported
1
3
4
1
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HP xw8600 Workstation
Position Supported
3
1, 2, 3
5
(4 standard drive bays native)
6
th
(5 drive is supported here,
tools required for attach, no
acoustic dampening)
Controller
IDE
IDE
SATA or SAS
SATA or SAS
SATA and SAS may be only
mixed in a Windows
configuration. Here are the
rules for mixing hard drives:
1. The boot/data drive
must be SATA to load
before any SAS drive.
2. Any size or speeds
may be chosen for
drives 1-3.
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