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September 30th, 2020 19:00

R730 SSD Drives for VMware VSAN 7.0

Hi All.

I am hoping someone can assist me.

We are going to build a new All Flash VSAN 7.0 setup with following specs.

Hardware model R730 PowerEdge.

DELL HBA 330 controller.

I have a doubt on disk selection.

8 drives in total(total drives we are going to use on R730).

I wish to use 1 TB SSD SAS drives for cache tier and 2 TB SSD SAS drives for capacity tier. The most economical SSD drives that are fully supported from both VSAN and DELL.

Im not sure what  SSD drives(with SAS protocol) are compatible with my R730 servers and also it should be on the vSAN HCL (which is crucial)

The VMware HCL does not mention the Dell part numbers so matching them is proving very difficult. My supplier is sending me pricing for drives that differ hugely but still hasn't confirmed support on both platforms.

Please can you help me identify which 1 TB SSD SAS drives for cache tier and 2 TB SSD SAS drives for capacity tier so that I can check and use in R730 servers. Whatever you confirm that also should be listed on the VMware vSAN Hardware Compatibility list,

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_vsan_guide.pdf    dell disk starts from page 237.

 

Thanks.

Manivel RR

  • DiegoLopez

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    Posted October 1st, 2020 07:00

    Hello @ManivelRR,

    First of all, I would like to s

    uggest you to search for more suppliers. Maybe you will get a different point of view from a different one. In fact, I suggest you to use the Dell Partners website where you will be able to find all partners in your country and the nearest to you. 

     

    Now, searching compatible SSDs for the R730 in the range of 1TB and 2TB SAS I've found this:

     

    1.9T

     

    Part Number: 086DD
    Part Description: SSDR,1.9T,2E,S12,2.5,RI,SMS,EC 
    Additional information: SSD, 1.9TB, SAS12, 2.5 inch, Read Intensive, Samsung, (2E, Enterprise Class)

     

    Part Number: 0FYFW
    Part Description: SSDR,1.9T,2N,IS12,2.5,T-4RI,EC 
    Additional information: 1.9TB, SSD, SAS12, 2.5 Inch, Read Intensive

     

    Part Number: VCWFG
    Part Description: SSDR,1.9T,2N,S12,2.5,H-SC+R,EC 
    Additional information: SSD, 1.9TB, SAS12, 2.5 Inch, Height 15mm, Read Intensive, Hitachi, (512n, Sunset Cove Plus)

     

    960GB


    Part Number: 4KG4X
    Part Description: SSDR,960G,SAS12,2.5,TOS,PM3RI 
    Additional information: SSD, 960GB, SAS12, 2.5 Inch, Read Intensive, Toshiba

     

    Part Number: 7FNRX
    Part Description: SSDR,960G,2E,S12,2.5,RI,SMS,EC 
    Additional information: SSD, 960GB, SAS12, 2.5 inch, Read Intensive, Samsung, (2E, SMS, Enterprise Class) 

     

    Part Number: MWGK7
    Part Description: SSDR,960G,2N,IS12,2.5,T-4RI,EC 
    Additional information: 960GB, SSD, 512n, SAS12, 2.5 Inch, Read Intensive 


    Hope this helps.


    Let us know if you have any more questions.

    Regards

  • ManivelRR

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    Posted October 1st, 2020 09:00

    Hi Diego,

    Thanks much for the information.Its very useful information.

    Whatever you gave(6 SSD disks),those are available in VSAN compatible list.Its good.

    I will definitely check more sellers however where can i check the disk compatibility against Dell R730?

    Do we have the same compatibility matrix from Dell like VSAN where we can check the disk compatibility ?

    Any idea?

    Thanks,

    Manivel RR

  • DELL-Chris H

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    Posted October 1st, 2020 13:00

    We don't have a customer facing live list of supported drives, as there would be drives added and removed constantly. You can look under parts for my dell, found here,  reach out to us as well. 

    DELL-Chris H

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  • ManivelRR

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    Posted October 1st, 2020 23:00

    Thanks Chris.

    I have seen so many drives from the given Dell link,however none of those drives are in VSAN compatibility list.

    https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/pfydresults/239283?categoryId=2999&dgc=SM&cid=376139&lid=spr3802421734&linkId=100952996.

    I like to know what are all the drives are compatible(It may be different vendor like,Intel Samsung, Dell) for R730 and also it should be on VSAN compatible list.

    Because VMware team should not say the using drive of R730 is not compatible in near future.

    To know about this,I need to reach to Dell technical team or chat service ?

     

    Thanks,

    Manivel RR

     

  • DELL-Erman O

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    Posted October 2nd, 2020 01:00

    Hi,

    Like Diego's shared previously post we can't reach more than SSD for R730 in our spare part tool. Unfourtanetly we don't have a list such a separately compatible list for VSAN. Of course, you can also reach our other support lines. 

    BTW I found this link from VMWare site and I hope this could help you https://dell.to/3n9nkLu

    and you can check out this link https://dell.to/34h06dL as well.

    DELL-Erman O

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    Posted October 2nd, 2020 02:00

    Thanks Erman

    I will reach out tech support team on this.

    Thank you,

    Manivel RR