R730 extra drives

Please send a private message with your service tag to ensure we have all appropriate information on your system.

Thank you,

Hi,

Thank you for the service tag.

Here is a link to the http://www.dell.com/work/shop/lsi-12gb-sas-9300-8e-hba-dual-port-customer-kit/apd/406-bbdm/storage-drives-media for the HPA. If you check under compatibility you'll see that the R730 is listed.

The R730 does not support Express Flash drives.

Thank you,

Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for the update,

unfortunaly I cannot open the link that you send me, The page you requested may no longer exist on Dell.com

If I understand you correctly we cannot use any pci card like the one I send you to add more drives to the R730 correct?

Thanks

Hello,

See if this link works better. http://www.dell.com/work/shop/accessories/apd/406-bbdm

The R730XD will accept the pci cards, but not R730.

Thanks,

Unfortunalt unable to open this link as well!?

Please DM your email and I send the info that way.

Hi Jimmy,

I alsready send you my mail address.

Also does the PCI express card dont work at all ( in R730) or it is not supported?

Thanks

If you look for R730 drives you can have it here : https://www.marocerp.com/index.php/categorie-produit/disques-durs/

Tell me if you need something else bro.

Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for your reply,

your link point us to this card,

LSI 12Gb SAS 9300-8e HBA, Dual Port, Customer Kit

I think this is for external use , we have already some SSD drives and we would like to add them to our R730.

Thanks

Hi,

I sent an email yesterday with the link for the HBA. Email used was shahin3213@gmail.com.

The PCI card will not work in the R730, only in the R730XD.

Hi,

We don't have any internal HBAs available on the Dell Site. An internal HBA would be used for a non-standard application. 

There is another option you may want to consider. It is unsupported After Point Of Sale (APOS). There are backplanes available in our spare parts inventory. These part are used to replace defective parts. There is not an upgrade kit, so we are unable to say what additional parts my be needed. You may need additional controller cables or power cables or something else. You can contact the Dell Spare Parts department for availability. PN 8TGM0 ASSY Backplane, 16X2.5 inch Backplane and Expander Combo Card, Contains Bare Backplane Part # 778N6/7K5HK, PowerEdge R730, (BP0) 

You can use the SATA port or the controller, but not both. So that wouldn't be a viable option to add additional drives. The configuration can't be upgraded after point of sale.

Have you considered using DAS or external storage to add addition drives?

Hi Jimmy,

can you send us some info on the possiblty on the DAS or external storage for this R730?

Thanks

Hi,

Here is a link to some available storage.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/sc/storage-products/direct-attached-storage

Sales would also be able to assist with available options.

Thanks,