Asus ESC8000A-E13P Solid State Drive Upgrades

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Asus ESC8000A-E13P Solid State Drive Upgrades The Asus ESC8000A-E13P is a server with configuration of 8x 2.5" SSDs. This Asus ESC8000A-E13P supports the following types of solid state drives: NVMe. The capacities supported by this server range from 120GB to 15.36TB and offers speeds of 16GT/s, depending on the type of solid state drive. The max capacity configuration available for this server is 6x 15.36TB NVMe. It is not advisable to mix the types of drives as the server will run inconsistent due to SSD drive speeds. If you want to maximize the capabilities of the Asus ESC8000A-E13P, choose one type of Solid State Drives to maintain consistency when running your server nodes. Technical Guide Cloud Ninjas Asus ESC8000A-E13P Solid State Drive Upgrade Tips There are 2 different types of SSD interfaces: NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen5 and NVMe U.2/U.3. There are multiple SSD capacities: 800Gb, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB. Maximum total cpacities for NVMe U.2/U.3 is 15.36TB of storage memory. Speed of drives for the Asus ESC8000A-E13P server are 16GT/s for NVMe U.2/U.3. NVMe Support from optional RAID card. There is 1 type of Asus ESC8000A-E13P chassis from a storage perspective: 8x 2.5" NVMe U.2/U.3 hot-swap drive bays, only 6 NVMe available with RAID controller, and 4 NVMe with no RAID controller. You can mix SSD types; however, it is advised that consumer chooses one type of SSD for the entirity of the servers SSD capabilities, in order to maintain consistency. Cloud Ninjas's Asus ESC8000A-E13P Q&A 1. What Solid State Drive capacities are compatible with the Asus ESC8000A-E13P server? 800Gb, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB. 2. What SSD speeds are supported by the Asus ESC8000A-E13P? Speed of drives for the Asus ESC8000A-E13P server are 16GT/s for NVMe U.2/U.3. 3. What types of SSDs are compatible with the Asus ESC8000A-E13P? There is 1 type of SSD interfaces: NVMe 4. What is a SAS SSD and is it supported for the Asus ESC8000A-E13