PowerEdge 2950 Maximum Support HDD Capacity

Question

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 · Accepted Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

thanks theflash1932 for your answer and suggest. by the way have you ever tried add more than 2TB?

A.Thomson · Answer

thank you theflash1932 :emotion-1: nice

utoi · Answer

Can there be multiple 2tb drives? Just a question.

DELL-Joey C · Answer

Hello @utoi,   Are you referring to the same server model PE2950? What RAID model are you referring/installed?

itsjoeyzeng · Answer

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 · Answer

Hi @itsjoeyzeng,   The maximum size supported on a single drive on PE2950 (RAID 5&10) is 2TB.

itsjoeyzeng · Answer

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 · Answer

Hi, I'm afraid you can't. The drives won't be recognized at all.

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PowerEdge 2950 Maximum Support HDD Capacity

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