Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90BB9632A72 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:43:55 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85818-10 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:43:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B266334AE for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:42:05 -0400 (AST) Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so62202ewy.34 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:42:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=xhrb9ArgKbLi4nFc+W+Pk6ajEQWIakN4t5OnH07F0KM=; b=iIOEhTy4fh6foCkjcPpaAKBJ1uxv5oF8sTCeUE13zxliXodATxNm5eYGAPUaYHFCnK Noyn2epaIqvkjYDO/hVNtSDIEbFsgLutPahOnJ2vTwP3+B1RhDx7+MkkWo/gwQae69eN AMIm6jpC8iQ1xDKosVcOnbqCViBbXkxiODYxw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QPqjBijC+IUzzGohyWokDzdYonUkz7svBdYplUa16JWYv/WGrnijIJthiuxbJXTQJm 8dzQ0W9M6k3DmyD81kEYNwzPg39ONid//3HgrhnbBHWtLT4NWOCPoHCi80Qi3zUZHLQW QSSC57nx0BSP3+P6q+fYanIkP9/jFy2bznsgs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.91.16 with SMTP id g16mr76075wef.208.1265910124619; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:42:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:42:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dell PERC H700/H800 From: Scott Marlowe To: Matthew Wakeling Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.479 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=AWL=0.120, BAYES_00=-2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201002/188 X-Sequence-Number: 37609 On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Matthew Wakeling 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.