Normally if you go to the trouble of using HP hardware with their support and warranty ( and pre-fail warranty ) it makes sense to use their HP-ROM'd drives with their controllers too. In the past I've had HP replace a drive BEFORE it failed based on Compaq Insight Manager reports, but only because it was an HP drive.
Every once and a while you get what you pay for. On the flip side, I know of an IT guy for a law office running a Dell server with Dell PERC2 running RAID5, and thought he could save a buck or two and some time by replacing a drive with a SATA drive purchased at the local computer/electronics supplier. The ROMS were NOT supported by the PERC, and ultimately the entire RAID became corrupt as he used the Dell utilities to correct inconsistencies caused by his thrifty actions .... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP drive sleds Whoa this is insane. On the phone, err, handed off the call to somebody else here to further speak with a supervisor, we just took delivery of a HP DL185, and there are just placeholders for the hard disks in the cage. No empty cages provided. They claim there is no way to get an empty cage without a drive. WTF. They want $100 for a 160 gig drive when I can get 2tb Hitachis for $140. This is bull. We're ready to box this up and ship it right back. Every Supermicro we've bought have come loaded with empty sleds, and every one of those servers are still running. I know HP is a solid server and that's why we made this purchase, but this is grinding my gears. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
