Dell Precision Rack 7910 Owner's Manual

Your system supports Client and Enterprise-class hard drives, which are designed for 24x7 operating environment. Selecting the correct drive class will enable the critical areas of quality, functionality, performance, and reliability to be optimized for the target implementation.

Due to industry advances, in some cases, the larger capacity drives have been changed to a larger sector size. The larger sector size can have impacts on operating systems and applications.

All hard drives are connected to the system board through the hard-drive backplane. Hard drives are supplied in hard-drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive slots.

Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.

When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of hours to format.