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PowerEdge 2950 Maximum Support HDD Capacity
Greetings,
I have PowerEdge 2950 server with Six internal hard drive bays. How many maximum hard disk capacity supported in one bay?
Thanks for answer and best regards.
theflash1932
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September 8th, 2015 22:00
If using a PERC 5/6, 2TB is the maximum physical disks size - it is a hardware limitation, and there is no way to use anything bigger than 2TB.
If using a SAS 5/6 in RAID mode, 2TB is the maximum - it is a limitation of its RAID limitation. I would never do this, but some have said that drives larger than 2TB will work on the SAS 5/6 in NON-RAID mode (left unconfigured).
theflash1932
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September 8th, 2015 07:00
2TB
Don't use cheap consumer desktop, laptop, or NAS drives. Use enterprise-class drives, or better yet, use Dell-certified enterprise drives.
A.Thomson
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September 8th, 2015 22:00
thanks theflash1932 for your answer and suggest.
by the way have you ever tried add more than 2TB?
A.Thomson
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September 9th, 2015 20:00
thank you theflash1932 :emotion-1: nice
utoi
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February 16th, 2022 16:00
Can there be multiple 2tb drives? Just a question.
DELL-Joey C
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February 16th, 2022 22:00
Hello @utoi,
Are you referring to the same server model PE2950? What RAID model are you referring/installed?
itsjoeyzeng
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August 23rd, 2022 22:00
Hello @DELL-Joey C .PE2950, assuming RAID 10 on PERC 5/i (5.0.1-0030), what is the supported max storage for a single drive? RAID 5 the same?
Thanks!
Dell-Dheeraj
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August 24th, 2022 00:00
Hi @itsjoeyzeng,
The maximum size supported on a single drive on PE2950 (RAID 5&10) is 2TB.
itsjoeyzeng
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August 24th, 2022 14:00
Thank you @DELL-Joey C . Is it possible to use 3TB drives and let the server caps them at 2TB or the server would not recognize them at all?
DELL-Young E
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August 24th, 2022 17:00
Hi, I'm afraid you can't. The drives won't be recognized at all.