Can I add NVMe cache R440

Question

I have a R440 and I am trying to use it as a freenas storage server.

There’s a boss card and hba330 I would like to add additional internal NVMe to act as a cache.

Any way I can achieve this?

Here is a photo of the inside

Dell- Maria J · Answer

Hello tabletop12,

Thank you for choosing Dell.

All drives connect to the system board through the drive backplane. In regards to the photo of the inside, in server is installed 3,5 inch x4 backplane. Only 2,5 inch x 10 backplane supports NVMe drives (up to 4):

https://dell.to/3IzeBvS

Please let me know, if you have any questions,

Thanks,

PowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID

Can I add NVMe cache R440

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