Storage; Supported Hard Drives; External Storage; Storage Controllers - Dell PowerEdge R220 Technical Manual

6 Storage

The PowerEdge R220 supports up to two 3.5-inch cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector
or 2 x 3.5" cabled SATA or SAS via add on storage controller.

Supported hard drives

The R220 supports up to two 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives or solid-state drives. Table 9 lists
more information about these drives. For an up-to-date list of supported hard drives for the R220,
see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form
factor
2.5"
3.5"

External storage

External storage for the R220 is available through optional host bus adapters for SAS and iSCSI. For
more information, see Dell.com/Storage.

Storage controllers

The newest line of PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) cards offers high I/O performance for
database applications and streaming digital media environments. Internal RAID controllers have a
dedicated connection to the system board. The R220 supports the new PERC 8 family of controllers
with improved functionality and faster performance.
Dell PowerEdge R220 Technical Guide
Type
SATA
Nearline SAS
SAS
SAS
SATA MLC SSD
SATA RI MLC SSD
SATA
Nearline SAS
SAS

Supported hard drives

Speed Capacities
7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
7.2K 500GB, 1TB
300GB, 600GB, 900GB,
10K 1.2TB
15K 146GB, 300GB, 600GB
100GB, 200GB, 400GB,
N/A 800GB
160GB, 300GB, 480GB,
N/A 800GB
500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB,
7.2K 4TB
7.2K 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
15K 300GB, 600GB
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