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InsaneGeek
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February 6th, 2017 20:00
3rd party drives in Isilon?
I'm getting a decommissioned 3x node X200 system to use in my home lab, it has 1GB SATA drives in it with 1-2 drives failing can I run a non-EMC drive in the Isilon system? Can I replace it with a similar sized drive in the system that are not EMC provided? I'm obviously not going to have support on this at home so I don't care that it will be out of spec but want to see if it would actually work or if I have to source an actual EMC drive with EMC firmware on it. What I'd really like to do is replace the 1GB drives with cheap large-capacity SSD's to lower my power bill but that's for another time.
Anonymous User
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Posted February 7th, 2017 13:00
Frankly, unless you really, really need Isilon at home (and don't want to install a virtual OneFS cluster), I'd go with a Synology or similar for home use. You'll use a LOT less power and have a supported configuration that you can play with.
sjones51
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Posted February 7th, 2017 08:00
Hi InsaneGeek,
You will need to have drives that have the correct firmware installed for OneFS. If you check the firmware guide for whatever version you are running, it will give you a list of drive models that are supported.
Depending on the OneFS version, you could start with:
#isi pkg info
to try and determine what firmware version you are running.
You could also check the Isilon Supportability and Compatibility Guide
https://support.emc.com/docu44518