Cellar servers replacement project thread

Undertoad · 09-10-2012, 09:57 PM

Not quite. I'm researching everything!

The ProLiant 360 G5 looks like the choice in the HP side, and the PowerEdge 2950 for the Dell side.

Will wait to see if there's input from Zip's stepson. Meanwhile:

- rack rails for the HP are simpler and thus cheaper.
- disk caddies for the HP are more available.
- Dell supports both 2.5" and 3.5" drive form factors, HP only 2.5"
- Dell supports both SAS and SCSI drives in its RAID hardware, not sure about HP. This is important because SAS drives cost huge huge $$$

09-10-2012, 09:57 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Not quite. I'm researching everything! The ProLiant 360 G5 looks like the choice in the HP side, and the PowerEdge 2950 for the Dell side. Will wait to see if there's input from Zip's stepson. Meanwhile: - rack rails for the HP are simpler and thus cheaper. - disk caddies for the HP are more available. - Dell supports both 2.5" and 3.5" drive form factors, HP only 2.5" - Dell supports both SAS and SCSI drives in its RAID hardware, not sure about HP. This is important because SAS drives cost huge huge $$$

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