Dell PowerEdge M620 Technical Manual

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23 PowerEdge M620 Technical Guide6 StorageThe Dell PowerEdge M620 provides comprehensive internal storage options, including several drivetypes and storage controllers to choose from. The M620 supports up to 1.2TB of internal storage.Express Flash PCIe SSDs are a new option that can provide vastly accelerated performance overprevious technologies. Dell Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect directly to the processorand chipset and are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay.Internal storageThe M620 is available in three different hard-drive backplane options. Table 10 lists the options forbackplanes, hard-drive controllers, and drive types for the M620.Table 10. Hard-drive backplane optionsBackplane Controller Drive typesSATA Motherboard-embeddedSATA SATA SSD/HDDSAS PERC H310, H710, H710P SAS SSD/HDD,SATA SSD/HDDPCIe SSD N/A Express FlashPCIe SSDSupported hard drivesTable 11 lists the internal hard drives supported by the M620. For the latest information on supportedhard drives, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.Table 11. Supported hard drivesFormfactor Type Speed(rpm) Capacities2.5”SATA (3GB) 7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TBNearline SAS (6GB) 7.2K 500GB, 1TB, 1TB (SED)SAS (6GB) 10K 300GB, 600GB, 900GB, 900GB (SED)SAS (6GB) 15K 146GB, 300GB, 300GB (SED)SAS SSD (SLC, 6GB) N/A 200GB, 400GBSATA SSD (eMLC,3GB) N/A 100GB, 200GB 400GB 800GBExpress Flash PCIeSSD (SLC) N/A 175GB, 350GBExpress Flash drivesExpress Flash drives use PCIe and SSD technologies to provide performance, scalability, and optimalserviceability. Accelerated performance with high IOPs is made possible without requiring processor