Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA19632843 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:27:46 -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 34830-01-9 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:27:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:28:16.489163 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40376346C3 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:27:01 -0400 (AST) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so36200fgg.1 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:26:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.6.30 with SMTP id 30mr1126922fgf.62.1265921892565; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:58:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B74647A.1040002@mansionfamily.plus.com> References: <4B74647A.1040002@mansionfamily.plus.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:58:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dell PERC H700/H800 From: =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBKYWdpZcWCxYJv?= To: James Mansion Cc: Matthew Wakeling , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.11 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_05=-1.11 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201002/194 X-Sequence-Number: 37615 2010/2/11 James Mansion : > 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 SAT= A >> or SAS compatible, and they shouldn't be allowed to use those acronyms a= ny >> more. >> > I think that's potentially FUD. =C2=A0Its all about 'Dell qualified drive= s'. =C2=A0I > can't see anything that suggests that Dell will OEM drives and somehow ta= g > them so that the drive must have come from them. =C2=A0Of course they are= big > enough that they could have special BIOS I guess, but I read it that the > drive types (and presumably revisions thereof) had to be recognised by th= e > controller from a list, which presumably can be reflashed, which is not > quite saying that if some WD enterprise drive model is 'qualified' then y= ou > have to buy it from Dell.. > > Do you have any further detail? For example: SAMSUNG MCCOE50G, 50GB SSD which you can buy only from Dell. It's unknown at Samsung page. I think they can easy order own model. --=20 =C5=81ukasz Jagie=C5=82=C5=82o System Administrator G-Forces Web Management Polska sp. z o.o. (www.gforces.pl) Ul. Kruczkowskiego 12, 80-288 Gda=C5=84sk Sp=C3=B3=C5=82ka wpisana do KRS pod nr 246596 decyzj=C4=85 S=C4=85du Rejono= wego Gda=C5=84sk-P=C3=B3=C5=82noc