On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Daniel Owen <danielowe...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm not entirely sure if this is true across all ranges but early last >> year Dell started to "block" non Dell branded drives from being used in >> their PowerEdge line. I'm not sure if they backported this into firmware >> upgrades or it is just for new systems. This is really no different than >> what HP or IBM have been doing for years. They buy commodity drives and then >> flash their proprietary firmware. It's kind of a pain because you could >> always add cheap storage to a Dell server and parts shortages were not an >> issue. Anyway this is something to consider if you plan to add your own >> cheap drives after purchasing a machine. I have no first hand experience >> with this issue. When I was in an environment where I purchased hardware I >> always purchased whatever drives I needed with the system. What really >> bugged me about this was that there were times where parts would go on >> backorder and it was nice to know outside of a system board or certain >> controller cards Dells were just standard parts I could buy on the open >> market. >> >> Here is a link to an article from the time: >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/dell_perc_11th_gen_qualified_hdds_only/ >> > I'll certainly be on the phone to Dell before buying this server then. I > have a T110 from about 14 months ago and it does not have this issue. I > immediately added 3 1.5 Tb drives to it with no issue whatsoever. If they > have done this to to their low end server line, then they have lost all > future business from me. I'm not willing to pay $200+ for a $70 hard drive. > > Andy > I just spoke with Dell and they confirmed that they are restricting the use of 3rd party drives, but only on their High End PERC controllers which are not available in the T110... So that eliminates that worry. Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
