Re: Dell PERC H700/H800

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org> wrote:
>
> Just a heads up - apparently the more recent Dell RAID controllers will no
> longer recognise hard discs that weren't sold through Dell.
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/dell_perc_11th_gen_qualified_hdds_only/
>
> As one of the comments points out, that kind of makes them no longer SATA or
> SAS compatible, and they shouldn't be allowed to use those acronyms any
> more.

Yet one more reason I'm glad I no longer source servers from Dell.

I just ask my guy at Aberdeen if he thinks drive X is a good choice,
we discuss it like adults and I make my decision.  And I generally
listen to him because he's usually right.  But I'd spit nails if my my
RAID controller refused to work with whatever drives I decided to plug
into it.