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Shanegibson

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November 8th, 2011 21:00

PowerEdge 1800 Upgrade

Is it possable for this server to run a 64bit OS?  Also in this upgrade I would like to put more ram in and larger HDD's what specs should I be looking at?

 

Thanks Shane,

theflash1932

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November 8th, 2011 22:00

Yes, it will run a 64-bit OS.  It will not, however, support hardware-assisted virtualization (VT).

The 1800 will take up to 12GB of RAM, 2GB max per DIMM ... registered ECC, PC2-3200 (DDR2 400).

Hard drives ... it depends on if your system is using SCSI or SATA drives.

SATA

  • If you are using the onboard SATA ports (CERC SATA 2s), the max is believed to be 1TB (750GB for sure), max 2 drives.
  • If you are using the SATA RAID card (CERC SATA 1.5/6CH), the max is 1TB, max 6 drives, 2TB max volume/array size.

SCSI

  • Regardless of whether you use the onboard SCSI controller or an add-in SCSI or RAID controller, 300GB is the max size of drive.
  • If you have a backplane (drives are accessible/removable from the front of the system), then you need 80-pin SCSI drives.
  • If you have cabled drives, then you need 68-pin SCSI drives. 
  • U320 drives are supported.

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