Specifications

With comprehensive storage options, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 offers a choice of drive types,
internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplane options for a varied
numbers of drives.
Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide
accelerated performance over previous technologies. Express Flash drives use PCIe lanes to connect
directly to the processor and chipset and are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay. CacheCade
uses Dell PERC storage controllers to accelerate performance over hard drives or traditional
solid-state drives.
With the 8-drive bay or 10-drive bay chassis options, the R620 supports four different internal
storage options:
 4 x 2.5-inch drives
 4 x 2.5-inch drives plus 2 x 2.5-inch Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives
 8 x 2.5-inch drives
 10 x 2.5-inch drives
Note that a system cannot be upgraded or reconfigured after point of purchase.
The R620 supports up to ten 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives. Table 12 lists more
information about these drives. For additional information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Form
factor
Type
Speed
(rpm)
Capacities
SATA (3Gb)
7.2K
250GB, 500GB, 1TB
Nearline SAS (6Gb)
7.2K
500GB, 1TB
SAS (6Gb)
10K
300GB, 600GB, 900GB
SAS (6Gb)
15K
146GB, 300GB
SAS SSD (SLC, 6Gb)
N/A
200GB, 400GB
SATA SSD (MLC, 3Gb)
N/A
100GB, 200GB
Express Flash
PCIe SSD (SLC)
1
N/A
175GB, 350GB
1
Available Q2 2012