Dell PowerEdge R730xd Owner's Manual

Hard drives

The PowerEdge R730xd system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).

Table 1. Supported hard drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R730xd systemThis table lists out the supported hard drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R730xd system.
Drives	Specifications
Fourteen hard drive systems	Up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives and two optional 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives.
Eighteen hard drive systems	Up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives, two optional 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives and four 3.5-inch hard drives in the middle hard drive tray.
Twenty six hard drive systems	Up to twenty-four 2.5-inch hard drives and two optional 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives.
Twenty six hard drive systems	Up to twenty 2.5-inch hard drives, up to four 2.5-inch (U.2) NVMe drives (in slots 20 to 23) and up to two optional 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives.
Twenty eight hard drive systems	Up to eighteen 1.8-inch hard drives, up to eight 3.5-inch hard drives, and up to two 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives.
Twenty four hard drive systems	Up to twenty 2.5-inch hard drives and up to four 2.5-inch (U.2) NVMe drives (in slots 20 to 23).