DELL PowerEdge RAID Setup

RY4N-H0850N · 02-02-2009, 08:24 PM

Hello everyone.

I am waiting on an 'DELL PowerEdge 2600" server, which currently has no hard drives in it. I was wondering, can i actually just put a standard hard drive into this server? I have a 500GB SATA drive here, and was wondering if I could put that into it save buying 2 or 3 hard drives and setting up RAID.

Thanks

bilbus · 02-03-2009, 09:37 AM

If its a PERC card .. and hotswap .. it can only take SCSI .. no SATA.
If you have an addin card, you can add SATA if it supports it. I have never seen a 2600 with SATA

RY4N-H0850N · 02-03-2009, 03:44 PM

So even if its SCSI does that mean I can have 1 SCSI drive without RAID?

e.g. a 500GB SCSI drive, installed by itself, showing 500GB?

Thanks for the reply btw.

RY4N-H0850N · 02-04-2009, 01:33 AM

Does anybody know if I could do that ?

Thanks

RY4N-H0850N · 02-05-2009, 06:47 PM

Anybody?

Black6 · 02-07-2009, 07:03 PM

Sure, you can have one big SCSI drive but it kind of defeats the purpose of having a Raid controller and large SCSI drives still tend to be quite a bit more expensive than several smaller ones.

RY4N-H0850N · 02-07-2009, 07:09 PM

Ahh rite, thanks for the reply mate... Didn't think I was gonna get one :/
lol

Thanks again...

RY4N-H0850N · 02-08-2009, 01:11 AM

Hello again,

I re-read the comment about the SATA with a DELL PowerEdge 2600.

Does this mean I can buy a controller card, the same as SCSI with the SATA interface?

This would be a big help for me as SATA is almost as good as SCSI nowadays (speed-wise), which the drives are cheaper, and I would set up RAID 10 (1/0) with this.

Thanks,

Ryan

bilbus · 02-08-2009, 08:07 AM

You can buy a sata controler and install drives .. but if you have a hot swap bay, you must use scsi, it can not take sata.

If you have free slots inside the server you can buy a mounting kit, to use sata.

A decent SATA drive will out preform a scsi drive.

Yes you can use a single scsi drive in raid or non raid on a 2600.

Raid 10, is 4+ hard drives by the way.

Scsi drives (above 36gb) will run you much more then sata.

I bought 73gb scsis for $200 each a while back. I bought 146gb SAS (not sata) drives for $160.

RY4N-H0850N · 02-08-2009, 06:06 PM

Ahh rite thanks mate...

Another thing - does anybody know whether the DELL PowerEdge 2600 only supports U320? And not U3?

Just had a look at a DELL PowerEdge 2600 Specification List and it doesn't mention anything about the U3 data transfer rate.

(http://www.dell.com/downloads/global...2600_specs.pdf)

I think what I am going to do is if the on-board RAID controller does not support RAID 0/1, then I will buy another RAID controller and have it run RAID 0/1 with 4 73GB CSA HDD's.

Again, if anybody could advise me better on this then please do.

Thanks again,

Ryan

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RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	DELL PowerEdge RAID Setup Hello everyone. I am waiting on an 'DELL PowerEdge 2600" server, which currently has no hard drives in it. I was wondering, can i actually just put a standard hard drive into this server? I have a 500GB SATA drive here, and was wondering if I could put that into it save buying 2 or 3 hard drives and setting up RAID. Thanks

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02-03-2009, 09:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
bilbus Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 181	If its a PERC card .. and hotswap .. it can only take SCSI .. no SATA. If you have an addin card, you can add SATA if it supports it. I have never seen a 2600 with SATA

02-03-2009, 03:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	So even if its SCSI does that mean I can have 1 SCSI drive without RAID? e.g. a 500GB SCSI drive, installed by itself, showing 500GB? Thanks for the reply btw.

02-04-2009, 01:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	Does anybody know if I could do that ? Thanks

02-05-2009, 06:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	Anybody?

02-07-2009, 07:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Black6 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 64	Sure, you can have one big SCSI drive but it kind of defeats the purpose of having a Raid controller and large SCSI drives still tend to be quite a bit more expensive than several smaller ones.

02-07-2009, 07:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	Ahh rite, thanks for the reply mate... Didn't think I was gonna get one :/ lol Thanks again...

02-08-2009, 01:11 AM	#8 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	Hello again, I re-read the comment about the SATA with a DELL PowerEdge 2600. Does this mean I can buy a controller card, the same as SCSI with the SATA interface? This would be a big help for me as SATA is almost as good as SCSI nowadays (speed-wise), which the drives are cheaper, and I would set up RAID 10 (1/0) with this. Thanks, Ryan

02-08-2009, 08:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
bilbus Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 181	You can buy a sata controler and install drives .. but if you have a hot swap bay, you must use scsi, it can not take sata. If you have free slots inside the server you can buy a mounting kit, to use sata. A decent SATA drive will out preform a scsi drive. Yes you can use a single scsi drive in raid or non raid on a 2600. Raid 10, is 4+ hard drives by the way. Scsi drives (above 36gb) will run you much more then sata. I bought 73gb scsis for $200 each a while back. I bought 146gb SAS (not sata) drives for $160.

02-08-2009, 06:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
RY4N-H0850N New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 17	Ahh rite thanks mate... Another thing - does anybody know whether the DELL PowerEdge 2600 only supports U320? And not U3? Just had a look at a DELL PowerEdge 2600 Specification List and it doesn't mention anything about the U3 data transfer rate. (http://www.dell.com/downloads/global...2600_specs.pdf) I think what I am going to do is if the on-board RAID controller does not support RAID 0/1, then I will buy another RAID controller and have it run RAID 0/1 with 4 73GB CSA HDD's. Again, if anybody could advise me better on this then please do. Thanks again, Ryan