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Question posted by sarahyu on August 26th, 2011

How Many Drives

How many drives are in ARRAY, POWERVAULT MD3000i?

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Answer #1: Posted by DellProSupport on August 26th, 2011 1:24 PM

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Not quite sure of the question, but the PowerVault 3000i is a 3U Enclosure with 15 3.5" SAS hard physical disk connectors. Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10. Support for 255 virtual disks with a maximum capacity of 2 TB each

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