Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
Does anyone have any experience of replacing the drives in an Equallogic with larger, enterprise but non-Dell drives such as Seagate Constellation ES? I suspect Dell are going to want a small fortune. I appreciate all the implications for support and warranty, I'm more interested in whether it

Re: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Crawford, Scott
Our plan is to do something similar and I understand that it will work as long as the firmware is current. The only actual experience I have is replacing a Dell 250GB drive with a non-Dell one. Couldn't have been easier. Pulled out the old, inserted the new and auto rebuild ensued. Sent

Re: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Jonathan Link
I was under the impression that this wouldn't work because of custom firmware on the drives. Additionally, are you maintaining a maintenance agreement on said equipment, and if so, does it void the maintenance? On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: Our

Re: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Crawford, Scott
Yeah, maintenance and support are null and void in this scenario. We just got an old cheap EQ box with small drives for testing. Maybe I'll slap some bigger drives in it today and let you know how it goes. Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint

Re: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Boeck
Please do! I have a couple EqualLogic boxes and would like to know how it works! . . . On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: Yeah, maintenance and support are null and void in this scenario. We just got an old cheap EQ box with small drives for

RE: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Benjamin Zachary
: Equallogic non-Dell drives? Please do! I have a couple EqualLogic boxes and would like to know how it works! . . . On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: Yeah, maintenance and support are null and void in this scenario. We just got an old

RE: Equallogic non-Dell drives?

2011-11-04 Thread Crawford, Scott
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Equallogic non-Dell drives? Please do! I have a couple EqualLogic boxes and would like to know how it works! . . . On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: Yeah, maintenance and support are null