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DELL PowerVault MD3200i/MD3220i Technical Guide Book

Hard Drives

The MD3200i and MD3220i support SAS hot-pluggable HDDs (hard-disk drives) and SSD (solid-state

drives). MD3200i allows for both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factor drives, and the MD3220i allows for

2.5-inch form factor drives. Note that 2.5" HDD in the MD3200i requires a unique drive carrier that

houses a 2.5" HDD and fits into a 3.5" HDD slot. Any combination of SAS rotational speeds and SSD

drives can be mixed within an MD3200i or MD3220i enclosure.

Supported Drives

Table 4.

Form Factor

2.5" SAS

HDDs up to 6Gb/s

SSDs up to 3Gb/s

3.5" SAS

HDDs up to 6Gb/s

SATA interface drives are not supported with the MD3200i and MD3220i.

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6Gb/s SAS interface HDDs and 3Gb/s SAS interface SSDs are configured in the MD3200i and

MD3220i, from Dell's factory

3Gb/s SAS interface HDDs are supported in the field with the supported MD3200i carrier.

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The front bezel of the system contains a lock. A locked bezel secures the system hard drives.

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Speed (rpm)

7,200

10,000

15,000

SSD

7,200

15,000

Capacity (GB)

500 GB

146 GB

300 GB

600GB (postRTS)

73 GB

146 GB

150 GB

500 GB

1 TB

2 TB

300 GB

450 GB

600 GB