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23 PowerEdge R620 Technical Guide
6 Storage
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 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 through the hot-plug drive bay. CacheCade
uses Dell PERC storage controllers to accelerate performance over hard drives or traditional
solid-state drives (SSDs).
Internal storage
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 SSDs
 8 x 2.5-inch drives
 10 x 2.5-inch drives
Note: A system cannot be upgraded or reconfigured after point of purchase.
Supported hard drives
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.
Table 12. Supported hard drives
Form
factor
Type
Speed
(rpm)
Capacities
2.5”
SATA
7.2K
250GB, 500GB, 1TB
Nearline SAS
7.2K
500GB, 1TB*
SAS
10K
300GB, 600GB, 900GB*, 1.2TB
SAS
15K
146GB, 300GB*
SAS SSD
N/A
200GB, 400GB
SATA SSD
N/A
100GB, 200GB, 400GB,
PCIe SSD
N/A
175GB, 350GB, 700GB, 1.4TB
*SED available