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April 19th, 2009 00:00

Dell PowerEdge SC420 SATA speed

I can't find any info, but I was wondering if the PowerEdge SC420 internal SATA connections is Serial ATA/150 or SATA 3 GB/s?

 

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April 19th, 2009 04:00

From release info, drives size may be bigger now

  • 2 x 40, 80, 160, 250, 400 GB SATA 2.0

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April 19th, 2009 04:00

Yes, thank you.  I'm already running 1Tb drive Western Digital drive, which has a transfer speed of 3Gb/s .  I know you can buy eSATA cards that support either Serial ATA/150 or SATA 3 GB/s.  So I was wondering if the internal SATA connections are limited as well.

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April 19th, 2009 12:00

Yes, thank you again.  That I already know.  I'm using 1Tb 3Gb/s drives on a Sata 150 PCI card along with another 1Tb drive connected to the internal SATA connection on the Dell.  But I was wondering if the Dell's internal SATA connections are Sata 150 or 3Gb/s.  I want to make sure I'm getting the correct throughput.

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April 19th, 2009 12:00

Sata 2 is backward compatible with sata 1 and sata 1 disks will work with sata 2. Most sata 2 disks have a jumper that forces it to sata 1 if it has problems. 

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