Reference scenes of real, existing storage products: systems and shelves, HDD, SATA/SAS SSD, NVMe, tape, SAN switching, controllers, parts and facility operations. Scenes inform the inquiry — they are not offers of the depicted units.
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Storage systems & arrays
Complete arrays, disk shelves and storage-dense server chassis, front and rear panel references.
Dell PowerVault ME5012 2U 12-bay LFF storage array, front bezel view with drive bays and status LEDs, in a dark enterprise IT hardware studio.Dell PowerVault MD1420 2U 24-bay 2.5-inch SFF SAS JBOD expansion enclosure, front view showing dense drive bays, dark studio background.HPE MSA 2062 2U 24-bay SFF storage array, brushed metal front panel with drive carriers and LED status row, enterprise hardware studio shot.HPE MSA 1060 entry storage array LFF 12-bay 2U chassis, front bezel and drive bays, dark professional product photography.NetApp AFF A250 2U NVMe flash array, front view with 24 drive bays and NetApp styling, dark studio, enterprise storage product shot.NetApp DS224C 2U 24-bay SAS disk shelf, front view dense 2.5 inch bays with LEDs, dark studio background.IBM FlashSystem 5200 2U all-flash array, front panel with drive bays and IBM branding style, dark enterprise studio.Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H hybrid storage array 2U 12-bay LFF, front view, dark professional hardware photography.Dell PowerEdge R750 2U server chassis with 24 x 2.5 inch NVMe drive bays across the front, dark studio, enterprise server product shot.HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 2U server with 24 small form factor drive bays, front bezel view, dark studio background.Supermicro 4U 90-bay top-loading storage server chassis SSG series, front top view showing rows of drive slots, dark studio.Huawei OceanStor Dorado 5000 V6 2U all-flash storage system, front bezel with drive bays, dark enterprise studio.HPE Alletra 6030 2U 24-bay SFF NVMe storage array, front panel view, dark professional product photography.Dell EMC Unity XT 480 hybrid storage array 2U disk processor enclosure, front view with 25 drive bays, dark studio.Dell PowerVault ME5084 4U 84-bay LFF dense storage array, front view with many drive bays, dark enterprise studio.HPE MSA 2070 2U 24-bay SFF storage array, front bezel view with LEDs, dark studio product photography.NetApp AFF A400 3U NVMe flash array, front view with drive bays, dark professional hardware studio.Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H unified storage array controller enclosure, front panel view, dark studio.Hitachi Vantara VSP E590 2U storage system controller enclosure, front panel with drive bays, dark enterprise studio.Inspur AS13000 distributed storage node 4U 36-bay chassis, front view, dark studio product photography.rear panel of a Dell PowerVault ME5012 storage array, dual hot-swap PSU modules on the left, dual controller modules with RJ45 and SFP ports in the middle, correct 2U 19-inch chassis proportions, dark studio.rear panel of an HPE MSA 2062 storage array, dual redundant hot-plug PSUs and dual controller modules with 10GbE SFP+ and RJ45 ports, accurate 2U 19-inch rack chassis layout, dark studio.rear panel of a NetApp AFF A250 array, two controller modules with ports and dual hot-swap power supplies, correct 2U 19-inch chassis proportions, dark studio.
Enterprise hard drives
3.5-inch and 2.5-inch enterprise HDDs, labels, connectors and tray mounting.
Seagate Exos X20 enterprise hard drive 18TB label side, resting on dark anti-static foam, macro detail, studio lighting.Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC560 20TB enterprise HDD top label view, dark studio macro shot.Toshiba MG10 20TB enterprise hard drive label side, on dark matte surface, macro product photography.Seagate Exos 2X14 Mach.2 dual-actuator enterprise hard drive, top label view showing Mach.2 design, dark studio.3.5 inch enterprise SAS hard drive mounted in a Dell 14th generation hot-swap drive caddy tray, dark studio.3.5 inch LFF enterprise hard drive in an HPE Gen10 smart carrier caddy with diagnostic LED display, dark studio.Seagate Exos X18 16TB enterprise HDD front edge view showing SATA SAS connector, dark macro studio shot.WD Ultrastar DC HC550 16TB helium enterprise hard drive, three-quarter view, dark product photography.Toshiba MG09 18TB enterprise hard drive three-quarter angle view, dark studio background.Photorealistic macro photograph of the green controller PCB underside of a real enterprise SAS hard drive, visible chips and SATA power connector, dark studio.Photorealistic photograph of a neat stack of five real enterprise 3.5 inch hard drives Seagate Exos and WD Ultrastar, dark studio still life.2.5 inch enterprise 10K SAS drive in a 3.5 inch adapter caddy tray, dark studio product shot.
SATA / SAS SSDs
2.5-inch enterprise SATA and SAS solid-state drives and server bay population.
Samsung PM893 1.92TB enterprise SATA 2.5 inch SSD, label view, dark studio macro product shot.Samsung PM897 enterprise SATA SSD 2.5 inch aluminum case, three-quarter view, dark studio.Intel SSD D3-S4520 1.92TB enterprise SATA 2.5 inch drive, label view, dark product photography.Intel SSD D3-S4620 3.84TB enterprise SATA SSD, three-quarter view, dark studio.Micron 5400 PRO 1.92TB enterprise SATA 2.5 inch SSD, label side view, dark studio.Kioxia PM6 3.84TB enterprise 24G SAS SSD 2.5 inch, label view, dark professional product shot.Seagate Nytro 1551 enterprise SATA SSD 2.5 inch, three-quarter view, dark studio background.HPE 1.92TB SAS 12G SSD installed in an HPE Gen10 smart carrier caddy, front view with activity LED, dark studio.Photorealistic photograph of a row of eight mixed enterprise 2.5 inch SATA SSDs Samsung Intel Micron lined up on an anti-static mat for batch verification, dark lab bench.2.5 inch enterprise SSDs populated in a server hot-swap front bay cage, close-up, dark rack environment.
NVMe SSDs
U.2, U.3, E3.S and add-in-card enterprise NVMe drives, installation and inspection.
Samsung PM9A3 1.92TB enterprise U.2 NVMe SSD, label top view, dark studio macro shot.Samsung PM1735 1.6TB enterprise HHHL PCIe NVMe add-in card with heatsink, three-quarter view, dark studio.Samsung PM1743 PCIe Gen5 enterprise E3.S NVMe SSD, slim form factor label view, dark studio.Solidigm D7-P5520 1.92TB enterprise U.2 NVMe SSD, label view, dark product photography.Intel SSD D7-P5510 3.84TB enterprise U.2 NVMe drive, top label view, dark studio.Micron 7450 PRO 1.92TB enterprise U.3 NVMe SSD, label view, dark studio macro.Micron 7500 PRO enterprise E3.S NVMe SSD, slim aluminum casing, dark studio.Kioxia CM7 enterprise PCIe 5.0 E3.S NVMe SSD, label view, dark product shot.Kioxia CD8 3.84TB enterprise U.2 NVMe SSD, top view, dark studio.WD Ultrastar DC SN840 1.92TB enterprise U.2 NVMe SSD, label view, dark studio.WD Ultrastar DC SN650 enterprise E1.S NVMe SSD slim form factor, label view, dark studio.Photorealistic photograph of five real E3.S enterprise NVMe SSDs lined up in a row on an anti-static mat, dark lab bench.enterprise U.2 NVMe SSD with metal heatsink cover showing screws and thermal pad edge, dark studio.U.2 NVMe drive being inserted into a server hot-swap bay tray, close-up, dark rack interior.Photorealistic photograph of a technician gloved hand holding a real Samsung PM9A3 U.2 SSD under a bench magnifier lamp for label inspection, dark lab.
Tape & backup
LTO tape libraries, drives, cartridges and archive handling.
IBM TS4500 enterprise tape library frame with LTO drive bays and cartridge magazines visible, dark data center.IBM TS4300 LTO tape library with open magazine showing LTO cartridges, dark studio enterprise shot.Quantum Scalar i6 enterprise tape library chassis with tape drives and slots, dark data center environment.HPE StoreEver MSL3040 tape library with LTO-9 drive and cartridge slots, front view, dark studio.LTO-9 Ultrium data cartridge black case with label area, macro studio shot on dark surface.IBM LTO-9 tape drive internal mechanism with tape path and rollers visible, open cover, dark lab lighting.tape library magazine loaded with twelve LTO cartridges, close-up angled view, dark studio.Photorealistic photograph of LTO tape cartridges with barcode labels arranged for inventory on a dark lab bench, top view.Photorealistic photograph of a technician installing a real LTO tape drive module into a rackmount library bay, dark data center.Photorealistic photograph of shelves of archived LTO tape cartridges in cases inside a dark enterprise archive room.
Storage networking
FC SAN switches, transceivers and structured fiber cabling.
Brocade G630 128-port 32G FC SAN switch 4U chassis, front view with ports and SFPs, dark studio.Brocade G720 64-port 64G FC SAN switch 1U, front panel with transceivers, dark studio.Cisco MDS 9148T 32G FC switch 1U, front view with SFP ports and LEDs, dark product photography.Cisco MDS 9396T 96-port FC switch 2U, front bezel view, dark studio.Brocade-branded 32G FC SFP+ optical transceiver module, dark studio macro.fiber channel cabling with LC connectors patched into a Brocade SAN switch, close-up, dark rack.Brocade X6-4 FC director chassis 8U with port blades and SFPs, front view, dark data center.rear panel of a Brocade G630 SAN director, dual hot-swap PSU and fan modules, port blades visible, accurate 4U chassis layout, dark data center.
Controllers & RAID
HBAs, RAID controllers, cache modules and expander boards.
Broadcom HBA 9400-16i 12Gb SAS HBA PCIe card with 4 internal SFF-8643 connectors, top view, dark studio.Broadcom 9500-8i Tri-Mode RAID/HBA PCIe card, heatsink and SFF-8643 ports, dark studio.Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-16i 12Gb/s SAS RAID controller with cache module and battery, dark product shot.Dell PERC H755 RAID controller card in Dell blue PCB with heatsink and battery, dark studio.LSI 9300-8i 12Gb SAS HBA PCIe card, green PCB with heatsink and SFF-8643 ports, dark studio.RAID controller cache backup battery module and cable on dark anti-static mat, macro shot.MegaRAID controller installed into a server PCIe slot with indicator LEDs lit, dark chassis interior.SAS expander board with multiple SFF-8643 ports inside a JBOD enclosure, dark interior lighting.
Storage parts & accessories
Drive caddies, backplanes, interposers, cables, blanks and packaging.
Dell 15th generation 2.5 inch hot-swap drive caddy tray empty, dark studio product shot.Dell 14th generation 3.5 inch LFF hot-swap drive carrier tray with screws, dark studio.HPE Gen10 3.5 inch LFF smart carrier caddy with status LED strip, dark studio.SAS drive interposer board from a drive caddy showing connector pads, macro dark shot.Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 external cable coiled on dark bench, connector close-up, dark studio.24-bay 2.5 inch SAS expander backplane board inside a server chassis, dark interior.metal drive bay blank filler plates for a 3.5 inch server bay, dark studio.Torx drive mounting screws and a screwdriver on a caddy tray, dark bench macro.hard drives in anti-static bags nested in custom foam packaging inside a cardboard box, dark warehouse.2U server rail kit with inner rails and screws laid out on dark bench, dark studio.
Operations & facility
Testing, sanitization, warehousing, racking and data-hall scenes.
Photorealistic photograph of an enterprise drive sanitization bench with multiple HDDs connected to a diagnostic PC, dark lab.Photorealistic photograph of a drive health testing station with a monitor showing drive SMART status grid, dark lab environment.Photorealistic photograph of enterprise hard drives packed in foam inside a shipping box on a packing bench, dark warehouse.Photorealistic photograph of two technicians installing a 2U storage array into a server rack in a data center, dark aisle lighting.Photorealistic photograph of shrink-wrapped pallets of boxed storage systems and drives in a warehouse, dark industrial lighting.Photorealistic photograph of a row of storage arrays and disk shelves racked in a production data hall, cold aisle view, dark ambient.Photorealistic photograph of a data center cold aisle with storage racks and cable management, blue ambient lighting, dark tones.Photorealistic photograph of a dark lab monitor showing a grid of drive health scan results beside a tray of enterprise drives, dark environment.
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Storage & drive systems — the next decisions
Storage & drive systems
Storage & drive systems
Trace host adapter, backplane, cable and physical drive interface.
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