Dell PowerVault ME4012 2U Storage Array — 12× 8TB 7.2K SAS, 12-Bay LFF, Dual SAS Controllers
Pay by EFT — we confirm availability with our supply partner before you pay.
Certified RefurbishedCertified Refurbished: 12-month Server Hub limited warranty, return-to-base.
30-day returns on unopened items — you arrange the courier; we pay it on faulty or dead-on-arrival units.
Twelve 8TB 7.2K SAS hard drives populate this Dell PowerVault ME4012 2U storage array. Raw capacity is 96TB, filling every bay of the 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis.
Behind the drives sit two SAS controllers with 8GB of cache each and dual 584W power supplies. Also included: a rack rail kit.
With dual SAS controllers, the PowerVault ME4012 presents shared block storage to several hosts; typical uses are a small virtualisation cluster or consolidated file and database storage. With twelve drives, RAID 6 keeps ten drives' worth of capacity and survives two simultaneous drive failures. A dual-controller layout is designed so the array stays reachable if one controller fails, provided the hosts are set up with multipath. Dual power supplies mean one can fail, or one feed can drop, without taking the machine down.
Raw capacity is twice that of a smaller ME4012 build.
Our Johannesburg team inspects and bench-tests the array and wipes any stored data before it is released as certified refurbished.
Specifications
- Drives
- 12 × 8TB 7.2K SAS HDD
Highlights
- 12 × 8TB 7.2K SAS HDD, 96TB raw
- 12 × 3.5-inch LFF drive bays, all populated
- 2 × SAS controllers, 8GB cache each
- 2 × 584W power supplies, rack rails included
- Certified refurbished, bench-tested in Johannesburg
Storage
- Drives
- 12 × 8TB 7.2K SAS HDD
- Raw capacity
- 96TB
- Storage type
- HDD
- Drive bays
- 12 × 3.5-inch LFF
Networking
- Array connectivity
- 2 × SAS controllers, 8GB cache each
Power
- Power supplies
- 2 × 584W
Chassis
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Rack rails
- Included
Condition
- Condition
- Certified refurbished
General
- Model
- PowerVault ME4012
Related Products
Dell PowerEdge R640 NVMe Server 2.50Ghz 40-Core 512GB RAM + 4x Caddies + Rails
HP ProLiant DL380 G9 Server 8-Bay SFF 2.40Ghz 16-Core 32GB RAM + 3.0TB SATA HDDs
Dell PowerEdge R440 Server 8-Bay SFF 2.70Ghz 24-Core 128GB RAM + 2.4TB SATA SSDs
Dell PowerEdge R740xd NVMe Server 24-Bay 2.60Ghz 36-Core 128GB RAM + 24x Caddies
Frequently asked questions
How does the PowerVault ME4012 connect to servers?
- Through its two SAS controllers; hosts attach over SAS.
How much raw storage does this PowerVault ME4012 have?
- 12 × 8TB 7.2K SAS HDD, 96TB of raw capacity in total. Usable space depends on the RAID level you configure.
Is there room to add more drives?
- Every bay of the 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis is populated in this configuration, so adding capacity means larger drives rather than more of them.