On 2019-04-14, John Long <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:13:55 -0000 (UTC) > Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > >> On 2019-04-13, John Long <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote: >> > 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 >> > >> > >> >> Ah ok. You might as well treat this as a whitebox PC then as there >> aren't any standard hardware RAID/etc options for these (and you >> don't need to worry about cables from card to backplane) >> >> Had it been a Txx0 or Rxx0 then there would be a more obvious choice. > > Dell does have a part number for this since they did this on > purpose apparently so they can sell a half-baked server and then > sell you a card which they know you will need...but I am not sure if it > is a good choice.. > > Anyway thanks to everybody who answered. :) > > /jl > >
Yes, but it's just consumer-type ahci hardware not a proper sas/raid card. So you might as well use whatever cheap sata card you can get your hands on.
