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Adding a PowerEdge SDS 100 cabinet to a PowerEdge 2400 Server
I have purchased a used PowerEdge 2400 for my church. I am running Windows 2003 Server Standard and need to add storage (disk) space, which I want to be RAID 5. I purchased a used cabinet labeled PowerEdge SDS 100 which was purported to be operational with 9 GB drives in it. I have finally identified this device from the Express Service code and downloaded the manual for it.
I have purchased a bunch of HH (1.6") 73GB/10K drives, which will fit in this cabinet.
Question 1: Assuming the cabinet and all the drives I have, work, can I connect this to the existing internal RAID controller on my server and use it for storage?
Question 2: Is an SMB cable required to run this cabinet?
Question 2A: If not, can I add a SCSI RAID controller that will allow me to connect this cabinet?
Statement: If the results of Questions 1 and 2 mean I can't use the equipment, I know where you can obtain several 72 GB SCSI drives and a PowerEdge SDS 100 cabinet for a really good price!
Statement: I also have added a DELL Benchmark DSL drive (40/80 GB) and it works, at least the diagnostics can read and write tapes. I have downloaded trial software from some major companies and their software see the drive and can backup to it. NTBackup does not see it as a TAPE device.
Question 3: What piece of driver software am I missing that will enable me to use this drive for backup using NTBackup? Our church doesn't have the money to purchase a $500 piece of backup software.
Sincerely,
The IT guy from NewCovenant