On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 16:17 -0600, howard_sho...@dell.com wrote: > Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of > Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit > drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. > In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers > when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID > controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 > controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. > > There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular > ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. > > While SAS and SATA are industry standards there are differences which occur > in implementation. An analogy is that English is spoken in the UK, US and > Australia. While the language is generally the same, there are subtle > differences in word usage which can lead to confusion. This exists in storage > subsystems as well. As these subsystems become more capable, faster and more > complex, these differences in implementation can have greater impact. > > Benefits of Dell's Hard Disk and SSD drives are outlined in a white paper on > Dell's web site at > http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-hard-drives-pov.pdf
We anxiously wait for further lock-ins. I do have a recommendation to be considered on marketoids' closest quarterly meeting: support for Dell-blessed expansion cards only. No more wild expansion PCI cards - Delltwork Dellterface cards should be enough for everyone! With God's help all Dell customers will be connecting to Dellternet over time. -- Mirosław "Psyborg" Jaworski GCS/IT d- s+:+ a C++$ UBI++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++(+++)$ N++ o+ K- w-- O- M- V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5? X+ R++ !tv b++(+++) DI++ D+ G e* h++ r+++ y? "The trouble with children is that they're not returnable." _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq