QuickSpecs

1.
2.
3.
4.
Tower configuration
Tower configurationTower configuration
Tower configuration
Quantity Supported
Quantity SupportedQuantity Supported
Quantity Supported Position Supported
Position SupportedPosition Supported
Position Supported Controller
ControllerController
Controller
Minitower
MinitowerMinitower
Minitower
FDD
Optional Diskette Drive 1 3 IDE
5.25" Storage Drive Bays 3 1, 2, 3 IDE
3.5" Storage Drive Bays with
acoustic dampening rail
assemblies
4 5
(4 standard drive bays native)
SATA or SAS
3.5" Storage Drive Bay 1 6
(5
th
drive is supported here,
tools required for attach, no
acoustic dampening)
SATA or SAS
SATA and SAS may be only
mixed in a Windows
configuration. Here are the rules
for mixing hard drives:
The boot/data drive must
be SATA to load before
any SAS drive.
Any size or speeds may
be chosen for drives 1-3.
However, hard drive 4
must be the same
size/speed as hard drive
3
QuickSpecs
HP xw8400 Workstation
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HP xw8400 Workstation
Storage
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