Storage
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd provide scalable storage that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational demands.
With comprehensive storage options, the R740 and R740xd offer various internal and external storage controllers, drive types and different
chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives. Features such as Express Flash PCIe SSDs, H740P and H840 RAID controller provide
vastly accelerated performance over previous technologies. Dell EMC Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect directly to the
processor and chipset and are easily accessible through a hot-plug drive bay.
Storage Controllers
Dell EMC's RAID controller options offer performance improvements, including the Mini PERC solution. Mini PERC provides a base RAID
hardware controller without consuming a PCIe slot by using a small form factor and high density connector to the base planar.
The new PERC controller offerings will leverage heavily on previous generation PERC family. The premium performance PERC series
controller will drive better IOPs and enhanced the SSD performance.
Table 10. PERC Series Controller Offerings
Performance Level Controller & Description
Entry
S140 (SATA, NVMe)
Value
HBA330 ,H330,
12Gbps SAS HBA
Value Performance
H730P
Premium
Performance
H740P, H840
Supported Drives
Table 11. Supported Drives - SAS and SATA
Form
Factor
Type
Spee
d
Rotational
Speed
Capacities
2.5"
SATA,
SSD
6 Gb
N/A
120GB Boot, 240GB Boot, 240GB, 400GB, 480GB, 800GB, 960GB, 1600GB, 1920GB,
3200GB, 3840GB
SATA
6 Gb
7.2K
1TB, 2TB
SAS
12 Gb 7.2K
1TB, 2TB, 2TB(SED FIPS)
SAS,SSD 12 Gb N/A
400GB, 480GB, 800GB, 960GB, 1600GB, 1920GB, 3840GB
SAS
12 Gb 10K
300GB, 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB(P-RTS), 1.2TB(SED FIPS),
SAS
12 Gb 15K
300GB, 600GB, 900GB, 900GB (SED FIPS)
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