On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:05:29 -0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> 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. Ah sorry. > 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). Yeah T30 PowerEdge. The local shop has the card Dell recommended, but I'm not sure I trust them since it's unlikely Dell tests anything but a thousand variants of Windows and *maybe* RedHat. /jl
