| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Matthew Wakeling <matthew(at)flymine(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Dell PERC H700/H800 |
| Date: | 2010-02-11 17:42:04 |
| Message-ID: | dcc563d11002110942i52fff28ajf36a038f772b320d@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Matthew Wakeling <matthew(at)flymine(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Just a heads up - apparently the more recent Dell RAID controllers will no
> longer recognise hard discs that weren't sold through Dell.
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/dell_perc_11th_gen_qualified_hdds_only/
>
> As one of the comments points out, that kind of makes them no longer SATA or
> SAS compatible, and they shouldn't be allowed to use those acronyms any
> more.
Yet one more reason I'm glad I no longer source servers from Dell.
I just ask my guy at Aberdeen if he thinks drive X is a good choice,
we discuss it like adults and I make my decision. And I generally
listen to him because he's usually right. But I'd spit nails if my my
RAID controller refused to work with whatever drives I decided to plug
into it.
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