As for the drives, I see some 6TB and 8TB SAS drives we supported, so the capacity shouldn't be a problem. If you end up using non-Dell drives though, there may be issues. Speaking generally, the PERC will simply mark the drives as non-Dell and they usually work fine. However, I have seen some instances where the drives and the PERC did not work together.
Blackberry944
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January 17th, 2019 12:00
I neglected to mention that this is a home lab, not a production server. Worth noting (hence why it is 'used')
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January 22nd, 2019 10:00
Hello,
The R720xd will support ESXi 6.5. I would recommend using the latest Dell customized image, so that you have the simplest experience. You can grab it here: https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05330276M/1/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update02-10719125.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A07.iso
As for the drives, I see some 6TB and 8TB SAS drives we supported, so the capacity shouldn't be a problem. If you end up using non-Dell drives though, there may be issues. Speaking generally, the PERC will simply mark the drives as non-Dell and they usually work fine. However, I have seen some instances where the drives and the PERC did not work together.
Blackberry944
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January 22nd, 2019 10:00
I didn't think this was an elusive question....
So no one has tried to put in a larger than 4TB drive in a 12th gen server? Am I in the wrong area?