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I have Dell Poweredge 2900 server and I want to use 4Tb drives. To do so it seems that I need to upgrade the RAID controller. Is this server compatible with PERC H710P, H810, or H710? If so which particular version of the card do I need and how do I do the upgrade? Thank you.
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I have Dell Poweredge 2900 server and I want to use 4Tb drives. To do so it seems that I need to upgrade the RAID controller. Is this server compatible with PERC H710P, H810, or H710? If so which particular version of the card do I need and how do I do the upgrade? Thank you.

How do I upgrade a Dell Poweredge 2900 iii server RAID to H710P RAID controller

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RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAID is data storage technology that allows multiple drives to be used together as a single virtual drive for reasons such as fault tolerance, reliability and performance. 

There are several different levels of RAID that determine how the data is stored and the level of redundancy achieved across the drives.