9
2.2.
System Disk Drive Numbering
Figures below illustrate XN5008R system disk drive numbering.
2.3.
Disk Drive Form Factors
QSAN has tested and approved the popular SATA HDDs and SSDs models available on the
market, you have the highest flexibility to choose the most advanced HDDs or SSDs
available from the manufacturers or purchase the best cost/performance SATA HDDs or
SSDs from the market, it will significantly reduce your IT infrastructure investment cost.
Please refer to the following website for the compatibility of HDD and SSD:
https://www.qsan.com/en/download.php
Table 2-2
Supported Disk Drive Types
Form Factor
Number of Tray
Supported Drive Type
Type1: 3.5” LFF Tray
8
3.5’’/2.5’’ SATA
HDD
2.5’’ SATA SSD
Type2: 2.5” SFF Tray
4
2.5’’ SATA SSD
Type3: 2.5” PCIe SFF Tray
2
2.5’’ PCIe U.2 SSD
TIP:
1.
2.5” SATA drives can also be installed on 3.5” LFF trays.
2.
If you would like to maximize volume space with RAID being set, we
recommend that all your installed drives be the same size.
