21 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
6 Storage
The Dell PowerEdge M520 system provides comprehensive and wider offerings of internal storage
options, including several drive types and storage controllers to choose from. The M520 supports up
to 1.2TB of internal storage.
To reduce complexity and provide manageable solutions to meet customer needs, the M520
supports three versions of the PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERCs).
Internal storage
The M520 is available in two different hard-drive backplane options that support up to two 2.5-inch
SAS or SATA hard drives Table 10 lists the options for backplanes, hard-drive controllers, and drive
types for the M520.
Table 10. Hard drive backplane options
Supported hard drives
Table 11 lists the internal hard drives supported by the M520. For the latest information on supported
hard drives, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Table 11. Supported hard drives
100GB, 200GB, 400GB, 800GB
Storage controllers
Dell provides highly capable RAID options to ensure your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller
options offer impressive performance improvements.
System board-embedded SATA
SAS SSD/HDD,
SATA SSD/HDD
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