fPERC preferred, rest slot can be used for other PCIe cards.
Dear all, I am currently planning a PowerEdge R350 system. However, there are some ordering options which I don't understand what are the differences and for which I could not find documentation so far. One of this is the available RAID controller options. I understand that there is PERC (H755 for instance), coming in two variants: - An standard PCIe card - A special module called "front load", "front PERC" or "fPERC", which is installed on top of the hard drive compartment of the server Regarding the "technical guide" document, the R350 seems to have one PCIe slot reserved for a PERC. When reading this document: [URL] I see that the H755 supports both NVMe and SAS/SATA, while for the front variant, one needs to choose between either a SAS variant or a NVMe variant. But for the R350, when looking at the reference guide (Dell Quick Reference Guides), the R350 does not support NVMe drives anyway (and I don't plan to have them either). So, my questions are: - The PERC in PCIe format does not take away a PCIe slot since there is a reserved PCIe-slot for dedicated PERC anyway? - Is it (even) possible to use a fPERC and dedicated PCIe PERC at the same time? - Is there any reason why one should prefer using a dedicated PCIe PERC in favor of having a fPERC? Thanks in advance.
fPERC vs. PERC for R350: When to choose which one?