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comptabile HDD

Greetings,

I have 4 x 300GB SCSI SAS HDD

1 x Hitachi Ultrastar Model HUS153030VLS300  and 3 x Seagate Cheetah T10

Does a PC and a server use the same HDD?? How can I check if the HDD above, are comptabile with a 2U server Poweredge 2950

Thanks

  • Dev Mgr

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    Posted January 12th, 2011 06:00

    You can mix drive models in a server just fine. You can even mix them in a single raid set.

     

    The 2950 will probably have either a PERC5i or PERC6i. These adapters will work just fine with these drives.

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    Posted January 12th, 2011 09:00

    Servers and PC's don't necessarily use the same drives.  SAS drives are strictly for servers and cannot be plugged into a desktop PC (without a controller card to go into the desktop).  SATA drives can be used in either servers or desktops, but there are drives designed for one or the other:

    Enterprise-class drives should be used in servers, as they are designed for 24x7 use, are programmed to be able to answer commands/requests from many server-class controllers, and have the high-speed timing that a server-class controller would require.

    Desktop-class drives are not designed to be used in servers.  They are generally cheaper, because they lack what Enterprise-class drives have (above).

    Additionally, if the drives you have are Dell-co-branded, then you can expect to use them without problems.  If they are generic/Retail Hitachi/Seagate drives, you might expect to see some problems during the life of the drives.  Dell-branded drives (regardless of who actually makes them for Dell - Hitachi, Seagate, etc.) are loaded with special firmware to ensure they will work seamlessly with Dell-branded controllers.