Does the PowerEdge R760 support NVMe drives for storage?
The PowerEdge R760 supports NVMe drives for storage. It is a 2U rack - mount server that can support up to 24 NVMe drives. The specific storage configurations are as follows:
Front bays: It can support up to 12x 3.5 - inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 240TB, 8x 2.5 - inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 122.88TB, 16x 2.5 - inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 245.76TB, and 24x 2.5 - inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 368.64TB.
Rear bays: It can support up to 2x 2.5 - inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 30.72TB and 4x 2.5 - inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) with a maximum capacity of 61.44TB.
The R760 can be configured with direct storage access or with the new Dell PERC 12 RAID card that enables NVMe hardware RAID (up to 16 hardware RAID + 8 direct - attached NVMe). Additionally, the server supports the new EDSFF E3.S SSDs, which are the only Gen 5 form factor Dell supports on this platform, while the U.2 bays are Gen 4 only