Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U Solid State Drive Upgrades

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Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U Solid State Drive Upgrades The Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U is a blade server with configuration of 2x 2.5" SSDs per blade. This Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U 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 2x 15.36TB per blade server. 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 RS520QA-E13-RS8U, choose one type of Solid State Drives to maintain consistency when running your server nodes. Technical Guide Cloud Ninjas Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U Network Card Upgrade Tips There are 3 different types of SSD interfaces: SATA, SAS, and NVMe. 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 15.36TB of storage memory. Speed of drives for the Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U server range from: 3GB/s to 24GB/s for SATA and SAS, and 16GT/s for NVMe U.2. SAS Support from optional SAS HBA/RAID card. There is 1 type of Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U chassis from a storage perspective: 2x2.5" NVMe/SAS/SATA 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 RS520QA-E13-RS8U Q&A 1. What Solid State Drive capacities are compatible with the Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U 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 RS520QA-E13-RS8U? Speed of drives for the Asus RS520QA-E13-RS8U server range from: 3GB/s to 24GB/s for SATA and SAS, and 16GT/s for NVMe U.2.