Hello, 

 All I can suggest is keep looking for a third party with the correct drives.  It has to be specifically manufactured for EQL arrays.   Dell server, or other Dell storage drives (e.g. MD/ME4/SC arrays) won't work either.   

 Otherwise, backup and restoring onto non-SED EQL drives would be only option.  

Also do not MIX SED and non-SED drives.  On a failover or powerup the array will fail to start up completely until you remove the non-SED drive. 

 Regards, 

Don 

thank you Don. Can you please provide some hint on how to confirm the disk is Equallogic compatible. Is there any list with PN/FW version that can be used to verify the disk ahead of time?

I've seen DELL hdds are labeled as 'DELL', 'DELL ENTERPRISE', 'DELL ENTERPRISE PLUS'.  Is there any other gradation based on the product line?

regards, Andrey

Try eBay, search the Dell P/N and EqualLogic

Make sure it says EQL in the auction as the Dell P/N seems to be pretty generic and used across all models of the same disk.

I've had pretty good luck finding replacements there for my disks that fail and I usually get a couple when ever I replace one.

Hello, 

 I'm sorry but I don't.  I looked around for something that would be on the drive and there are different drives for that same capacity.  As drives are never single sourced.  

 Regards, 

Don