On 2019-04-11, John Long <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote: > I have a Dell server that was advertised to support 4x3.5 + 2x2.5 > drives but when I popped it open I found there are only 4 SATA ports on > the motherboard total. So of the 6 claimed drives, I can actually > only install 3 drives because the stock DVD drive consumes a mobo port.
You missed the important information of *which* server. If it's one of the usual poweredge then you're usually better off with whatever they normally use for RAID systems (you can usually find them second-hand).
