Installing the SSD inside an R510 is really easy and it is quite a neat setup as you don’t lose any of your main storage bays as the server has two internal 2.5″ drive bays: I really wanted a high performance SSD that carries a long warranty and Intel seem to be the only vendor that offer that at the moment. Perhaps this is a change that Dell made to the controller firmware. It has been said that it is not possible to add drives that are not factory fitted by Dell to an existing server and I am happy to report that the Intel 520 seems to work without issue. What I have been unable to determine from the Dell documentation is if the Dell PERC Controllers support CacheCade V2.0 or the original specification. The LSI CacheCade Technology is now included with Dell PowerEdge Servers that have the PERC H700 1GB Raid controller installed. I’ve been itching to try out the LSI CacheCade technology since reading this review:
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