hi

we have 6 of the above in a vmware cluster, which we move away from.

for Azure Local DR we'd like to use 3 of the C4140s if there would be a way to stick in 3x15TB 2.5" drives in raid (3 way mirror)

the C4140 now has 2 or 4 nvidia gpus, and a 4x10gbps lan pcie and a fiber channel pcie card in it, but i only need the 4x10gbps. so i have a free pcie slot.

the problem is with the where and how to put in 3 2.5" disks. if anywhere, then to the gpu bays but i don't want them to just wiggle, and i think there is no such 'converter' or tray that holds disks instead of the gpus. and even if there was there's the how to connect them with the raid card problem.

all in all and simply asked:

can i put a raid card and a 3x2.5" disk drives in the C4140 without any homebrew forging?

i need 45TB storage in each so m.2 or nvme is out of the question the price would be astronomical.