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PowerEdge 2880 HDD Upgrade Options
I have some retired PowerEdge 2880 servers that will be repurposed by donating to an organization, however the 9 year old HDD's will require replacement. The current configuration includes 146 GB ULTRA SCSC 320, 15K RPM Drives (6 per server) Each server accepts up to 8 drives.
What is the maximum size drive that these servers can accomodate? Original specs can be found on the Warranty status page using one of the service tags;
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stephenhogan
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September 19th, 2012 13:00
My mistake, 2880 was a typo. I meant to type 2800. Your reply was helpful. And. 'no" I would not use Raid 0, probably Raid 5.
theflash1932
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September 19th, 2012 12:00
Assuming you are actually talking about a PowerEdge 2800 (there is no 2880 - and a 2850 takes only 6 drives), these can take up to 300GB drives with the latest BIOS and PERC firmware. The PERC will probably have a limit of 2TB for a RAID array, so as long as they are not configured in a single RAID 0 (which I'm not sure why you'd do anyway), you'd be fine.