Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following:

Two hard drive systems

Up to two 3.5-inch cabled hard drives

Four hard drive systems

Up to four 3.5-inch hot swappable SATA hard drives, or SATA solid state drives

Up to four 3.5-inch cabled hard drives

Up to four 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drives with 3.5-inch hard drive adapters

NOTE: : SAS/SATA hard drives cannot be mixed in a system.

The hot swappable hard drives connect to the system board through the hard drive backplane. Hot swappable hard drives are supplied in hot swappable hard drive carriers that fit in the hard drive slots.