Gene,
I'd love to help you to buy this server, it's a great system. :)
The reason I asked to have the put the validator restriction on the "media
bay" drives is because it's really hard to get the SCSI driver load order
correct in our factory, and putting drives in the media bay further confuses
[John Summerfield]
> > Hi all, I am trying to purchase a server from DELL Computers. I need about
> > 500gb Raid capacity. Dell thinks I should not purchase this server.
>
> IBM has a storage farm to to a TB or so that is attachable to their
> netfinity servers. I'd ask about those (and also ask
> Hi all, I am trying to purchase a server from DELL Computers. I need about
> 500gb Raid capacity. Dell thinks I should not purchase this server. I need
> large drives and I cannot get enough of them in a 6 bay drive enclosure.
> So I was trying to buy there add on drive enclosure.following is th
Gene -
Just my experience here, but it might be best to go with a more
customized RAID solution from a storage company, rather than a one size
fits all solution from a company like Dell.
I have one of their powervault 200s and it always gives me problems when
I try to use it on a Linux machine.
