DELL PowerEdge Server Drive Bay

Hello, thanks for choosing Dell and welcome to our community. When you want a server to be upgraded, it's never an easy job to source all parts and connect them right. That's why we have kits. Folks here is mostly from tech support for troubleshooting, so this is best addressed by the Sales: designs does not get change, so you can reach out to sales if they have any conversion kits.
Respectfully,

@DELL-Young E​ 

Thanks,  I reached out to sales or to the people on the original order and they told me to

ask technical 😊

The system will arrive tommorow.  Thanks

Hello, you reached out to the sales to see if a conversion kit is available, and it's a no, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it.
Please know that tech support does not engage in system modifications.
Respectfully,

Thank you,

One branch of the company says call some else.  You said you had parts kits and the you said you do not have part kits.  

I think that the company does not care.  

Hi @AustinDiver . Historically, the Dell servers are built with a specific drive bay configuration and cant be changed as the chassis drive bay cages are riveted into the case. Also, the drive backplanes are specific to each drive bay configuration, and then the cables that connect the backplane to the system board are usually different for each drive bay configuration. I have not personally put hands on the T360, but its highly likely that the drive configuration cannot be changed. Once the unit arrives, you will be able to see if indeed the drive cage is still riveted into the case. 

Rey
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@DELL-Rey G​ 

Thank you, I held off delivery(because of work) until tomorrow.  
4 drives will be enough anyway.   

I will look to see if the BOSS-N1 could be added?   A 1GB redundant flash with boot software, etc and the rest for data would be perfect.   A T560 is too much power cost, etc.    

Sorry for then confusion.   I took delivery.   The 4 drive version of the poweredge t360 has a blank covering the lower bays.    It easy comes out.   The HDD back plate is then same for 8 bay vs 4 bay.

To handle 8 drives, and h355 raid card or h755 card is needed.   
The  control cable would go from the PCIE card to the drive back plate.

Hello,

These are a couple of components you may need:

As noted we don't support field changing of storage configuration. I cannot say for sure those are all the components you need.

We do not have kits for field changing the configuration.

You would probably need a bezel for 8 hard drives that I am unable to locate.

Maybe someone else in the community has tried it and can share their experience.

I am going throug a Dell approved supplier for the parts. 

sounds great

I got the parts.   Installing the BOSS seemed to cause the fans to runs a little louder.  The H355 raid card with a change in cable provides 8 disk capability.

The T360 is a rugged/heavy thing.   It does not have a hefty graphics.   I could add an NVIDIA A2 nad have something that could do ray tracing,etc  .It has plenty of compute power.

For heavy AI modeling in a tower,  stepping up to a T560 would provide better option for GPU cards.

The specs for the T360 just mention the nvidia A2.   The nvidia L4 has 24GB DDR6 VRAM, but still tops out at 72 watts.     Adding a 250-300 watt is simply not an option.