Drives
The PowerEdge R740 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives or SSDs.
Table 1. Supported drive options for the PowerEdge R740 systemThis table lists out the supported drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R740 system:
Drives
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Supported configuration
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Eight drives system
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Up to eight 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 through 7
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Sixteen drives system
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Up to sixteen 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or SSD) front accessible drives in slots 0 through 15
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NOTE: Hard drives are hot swappable.