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RE: [OT] server question
All my experience of HP servers, and I work for a hoster, is that they
are
just blanking plates. You maybe able to find a third party caddy, one
customer did for the old range of HD caddies.
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: 26 September 2007 13:05
To: UKHA Group
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] server question
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Sorry for two OT's in one day, but I know there are some people here who
ar=
e
familiar with recent HP Proliant server stuff....
I'm looking at the ML150 range, - these are *really* reasonably priced (for
the main unit anyway). Typically the VFM falls off when you start to put
HP's branded parts in it... :-(
With particular regard to the hot-plug SATA drives, - HP charge in the
orde=
r
of =A3200 for a 500GB SATA drive, - routinely available for around =A350
elsewhere... - since HP don't manufacture hard drives, the drives they
supply must be the same Seagate/WD/Maxtor/HDS drives available anywhere, so
I would prefer to buy my SATA drives from my usual suppliers...
My only question regards the hot-swap caddies... - I haven't been able to
find out if drive caddies are provided in the empty slots in the chassis,
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r
if the chassis just comes with dummy blanking plates in the drive slots (I
know previous Proliants were usually the latter). - In other words, do I
*have* to buy HP's drives at HP's utter rip-off prices, just to get the
caddies that are essential to use them in the server? (=A3150 for a plastic
caddy is absurd!) - Plus do HP modify the firmware on the drives they
supply?
TIA
Paul G.
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