Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U Solid State Drive Upgrades

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Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U Solid State Drive Upgrades The Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U is a server with configuration of 4x 2.5"/3.5" SSDs. This Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U supports the following types of solid state drives: SATA, SAS, and NVMe. The capacities supported by this server range from 120GB to 15.36TB and offers speeds of 3GB/s, 6GB/s, 12GB/s, 24GB/s, and 16GT/s, depending on the type of solid state drive. The max capacity configuration available for this server is 4x 15.36TB NVMe/SATA/SAS. 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 RS500A-E12-RS4U, choose one type of Solid State Drives to maintain consistency when running your server nodes. Technical Guide Cloud Ninjas Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U Solid State Drive Upgrade Tips There are 6 different types of SSD interfaces: SATA, SAS, NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4, NVMe U.2 and NVMe U.3. There are multiple SSD capacities: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 800Gb, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB. Maximum total cpacities for SATA drives is 7.68TB, SAS 7.68TB and NVMe U.2/U.3 15.36TB of storage memory. Speed of drives for the Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U server range from: 3GB/s to 24GB/s for SATA and SAS, 16GT/s for NVMe U.2, and 32GT/s for NVMe U.3. SAS Support from optional SAS HBA/RAID card. There is 2 types of Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U chassis from a storage perspective: 4x 2.5" SATA/SAS/NVMe U.2/U.3 and 4x 3.5" SATA/SAS/NVMe U.2/U.3 hot-swap drive bays. 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 RS500A-E12-RS4U Q&A 1. What Solid State Drive capacities are compatible with the Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U server? 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 800Gb, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB. 2. What SSD speeds are supported by the Asus RS500A-E12-RS4U? Speed of drives for the Asus RS500A-E12-