But $300 RAID Firmware : (
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 6:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dell rant Are they realy $150 hard drives? On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Phil Brutsche <[email protected]> wrote: Sadly, Dell is merely the latest in a long line of vendors to do so. It's getting to the point where you have to go "whitebox" (ie SuperMicro) if you want to avoid tripling or quadrupling the cost of the machine with a couple $150 hard drives :( Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[email protected]> previously uttered: Ive been a solid dell guy for years but this is about as aggravating as it comes. We have a new server that cannot get the 2.5 15k rpm drives for several weeks due to manufacturing problems. We went and got drives from hp and the drive caddys so everything is great right? NOT, if you have a new Dell 700 raid controller you can only use Dell certified drives, the drives are 'blocked' on the controller -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ 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/> ~
