I'm with you, and I agree that the cost of "Server Grade" hard drives from the likes of HP, Dell, and others is outrageous.
Now, HP does test their drives, and even a single fault of fairly insignificant measure (i.e. one the drive itself can correct) will not pass their tests before they deliver a drive to you. That way they can feel confident that the drive is "server quality". That's great and all, but it still shouldn't be 5-10 times the cost of the same hard drive, shrink wrapped from Western Digital. That being said, I'd be happy to pay double the cost if it was well tested and guaranteed by HP. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:50:53 -0800 Subject: HP drive sleds > Whoa this is insane. On the phone, err, handed off the call to somebody > else here to further speak with a supervisor, we just took delivery of a HP > DL185, and there are just placeholders for the hard disks in the cage. No > empty cages provided. They claim there is no way to get an empty cage > without a drive. WTF. They want $100 for a 160 gig drive when I can get > 2tb Hitachis for $140. This is bull. We're ready to box this up and ship > it right back. Every Supermicro we've bought have come loaded with empty > sleds, and every one of those servers are still running. I know HP is a > solid server and that's why we made this purchase, but this is grinding my > gears. > > > Phillip Partipilo > Parametric Solutions Inc. > Jupiter, Florida > (561) 747-6107 > > > > > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL > AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS > INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, > COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. > IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY > NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT > FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
