Thanks, I’d *heard* that Dell relaxed the requirement of using DELL oem’d drives on their newer servers, but still don’t know :
1) If consumer shelf drives work properly regardless of firmware levels ( are they upgradable too with the Dell firmware ? ) 2) If any RAID/Storage support issues arise, will Dell still support or require to change to Dell drives prior to any help ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? Normal SATA II drives work fine with the SAS 5/IR Cheers Ken From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? If the Dell SATA drives are intended to work with the Dell RAID cards, then they likely have DELL oem’d firmware compared to consumer shelf drives. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell’s site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make ‘em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I’m looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I’m thinking quite similar drives. Also I don’t know if I need a SATA->SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
