Further research has shown that if you are buying a T110 with 4 Gb RAM and expanding to the 3 Year service agreement it is only $22 more for the same spec in a T310. The T310 has the following additional features:
Available Redundant Power Supplies 6 DIMM sockets vs 4 DIMM sockets on the T110 4 GB RAM Minimum (T110 is 2Gb) Minimum 3yr Warranty vs 1Yr minimum for T110 Still not convinced on the Dell server, though it will probably be either the Dell or a used one... though I am reluctant to buy a several year old server to replace my current several year old server. Andy On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>wrote: > To clarify, it is the PERC H700/800 line that does this... so even the > entry level PERC controllers will still take any drive. > > Andy > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Daniel Owen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks for the followup on that. At the time I was buying Dell servers >> they all had PERC controllers so I either never realised there was this >> demarcation line or I forgot it because it was not relevant to me. >> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Andrew Farnsworth >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Daniel Owen >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm not entirely sure if this is true across all ranges but early last >>>>> year Dell started to "block" non Dell branded drives from being used in >>>>> their PowerEdge line. I'm not sure if they backported this into firmware >>>>> upgrades or it is just for new systems. This is really no different than >>>>> what HP or IBM have been doing for years. They buy commodity drives and >>>>> then >>>>> flash their proprietary firmware. It's kind of a pain because you could >>>>> always add cheap storage to a Dell server and parts shortages were not an >>>>> issue. Anyway this is something to consider if you plan to add your own >>>>> cheap drives after purchasing a machine. I have no first hand experience >>>>> with this issue. When I was in an environment where I purchased hardware I >>>>> always purchased whatever drives I needed with the system. What really >>>>> bugged me about this was that there were times where parts would go on >>>>> backorder and it was nice to know outside of a system board or certain >>>>> controller cards Dells were just standard parts I could buy on the open >>>>> market. >>>>> >>>>> Here is a link to an article from the time: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/dell_perc_11th_gen_qualified_hdds_only/ >>>>> >>>> I'll certainly be on the phone to Dell before buying this server then. >>>> I have a T110 from about 14 months ago and it does not have this issue. I >>>> immediately added 3 1.5 Tb drives to it with no issue whatsoever. If they >>>> have done this to to their low end server line, then they have lost all >>>> future business from me. I'm not willing to pay $200+ for a $70 hard >>>> drive. >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>> >>> I just spoke with Dell and they confirmed that they are restricting the >>> use of 3rd party drives, but only on their High End PERC controllers which >>> are not available in the T110... So that eliminates that worry. >>> >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
