Dell 2PN19 960GB SAS SSD 2.5" Hot Swap Drive

The Dell 2PN19 is a 960GB solid-state drive packaged in a 2.5" hot-swap carrier tray designed for direct insertion into compatible Dell PowerEdge server bays. It connects via a 12Gb/s SAS interface, which doubles the theoretical throughput of a 6Gb/s SATA link and provides the dual-port capability that enterprise SAS controllers use for path redundancy. The drive's 960GB capacity positions it well for roles such as boot volumes, application hosting, virtualization datastores, and read-heavy caching tiers where SSD speed dramatically reduces latency compared to spinning disks.

Because it ships as a Dell Client Kit, the drive arrives in a factory-matched tray with the correct interposer and firmware for the supported PowerEdge platforms—C6420, R440, R540, R6415, R740, R740xd, R7415, and R7425. This eliminates the firmware and tray compatibility guesswork that can arise when installing third-party drives in Dell servers. Hot-swap capability means the drive can be inserted or pulled from a live system, simplifying maintenance windows and enabling non-disruptive capacity expansion. Administrators should verify that their RAID or HBA controller is configured for SAS operation, as this drive will not negotiate on a SATA-only backplane.