Your system supports 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch
hard drives. Choosing the right drive type depends on the usage pattern.
Improper use of hard drives will lead to significant risk and increase
the drives failure rate.
CAUTION: Do not
turn off or reboot your system while the hard drive is being formatted.
Doing so can cause a hard drive failure.
NOTE: Use only hard drives
that have been tested and approved for use with your system.
NOTE: To install
more than four drive devices (including optical drive and hard drives),
you need an additional power extension cable, controller card, and
SATA cables (minimum 1.6 ft).
NOTE: The screws that secure
the 2.5-inch hard drive to the hard drive cage are available on the
front of the hard drive cage.
NOTE: Use the vertical type
SATA cables to connect hard drives in the hard drive cage to avoid
damaging the connector pins. This is applicable for the 2.5-inch hard
drives and optical drive.
NOTE: Use right angle connectors
to connect to the hard drives in the hard drive bay. You may not be
able to close the system cover if incorrect connector cables are used.
NOTE: Do not mix enterprise
class hard drives with entry-level hard drives.
Your system supports four 3.5-inch entry-level hard drives and enterprise
class hard drives. Entry-level hard drives are designed for 8x5 operating
environment and enterprise class hard drives are designed for 24x7
operating environment. Two hard drives are located in the removable
hard drive cage and two hard drives are located in the fixed hard
drive bay.
Choosing the right hard drive type depends
on the usage pattern. Improper use of entry-level hard drives (including
workloads exceeding 550 TB/year) leads to significant risk and increases
the failure rate of the drives. Due to industry advances, in some
cases, the larger capacity drives have been changed to a larger sector
size. The larger sector size can have impacts on operating systems
and applications. For more information about these hard drives, see
the 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats white paper and 4K Sector HDD FAQ document
at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
When you format a hard drive,
allow enough time for the formatting to be complete. Be aware that
high-capacity hard drives can take a long time to format.
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