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April 22nd, 2012 04:00

does DELR710 3.5 inches support ssd hardisks ????

hi , i want to  know  DELR710 3.5 inches support ssd hardisks ????

now im using sas hardsik and want to use ssd ,

my question is , does it suppport ssd ???

regards

  • theflash1932

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    Posted April 22nd, 2012 10:00

    Yes.

  • dr.x

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    Posted April 22nd, 2012 14:00

    but i read that it support only sata and sas , not sata ssd nor sas ssd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i mean i looked at the maunaul  and found that it doesnt support !!!

    could u give me the source of ur info ??

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  • theflash1932

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    Posted April 22nd, 2012 15:00

    I see your question was maybe specifically for 3.5" SSD's?  It will take 3.5" SAS and SATA, so there is no reason why a 3.5" SSD wouldn't work.  Dell doesn't do 3.5" SSD's; they do 2.5" SSD's in 3.5" "hybrid" carriers for 3.5" slots ... if you are talking supported/certified drives.  If you are talking about third-party drives, Dell doesn't guarantee ANY third party drives will work, regardless of type/protocol.

    The manual does NOT say SSD's are not supported on 3.5" backplanes, but says that the 2.5" backplane supports SSD.  If you want to see a real-world example, configure an R710 online; you will be able to configure SSD's on either a 2.5" backplane or a 3.5" backplane (2.5" drive in hybrid carrier).

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    Posted April 22nd, 2012 23:00

    thanks ,

    appreciate ur help ,

    , i havent much experience in dell storage , but assume that i want to replace my 6 sas hardisks with ssd , what i need to do ?? do i need another specific hardware ???

    what i need to do if i want to replace only 2 hards of sas with ssd  , " i mean 4 sas & "2 ssd" " ?

    my request is just only i want to increase the performance of my server .

    sorry for tall question

    regards

  • theflash1932

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    Posted April 23rd, 2012 08:00

    You just need the 3.5" hybrid carriers - they fit in the R710 3.5" slots and can hold a 2.5" drive.

    You will need to backup your data, delete the existing RAID arrays, insert new drives, configure RAID, then restore.