{"id":225,"date":"2010-02-20T13:18:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kudzia.eu\/b\/?p=225"},"modified":"2011-04-30T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T09:22:26","slug":"vendor-lock-in-for-raids-in-11th-gen-poweredge-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kudzia.eu\/b\/2010\/02\/vendor-lock-in-for-raids-in-11th-gen-poweredge-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"vendor lock-in for raids in 11th gen poweredge servers"},"content":{"rendered":"

something i’ve mailed my dell sales-rep…
\n
\nI\u2019d like to express my concerns about Dell strategy of shipping broken raid controllers [ H700 \/ H800 ] with 11th gen PowerEdge servers.
\nBy this I mean blocking non-dell hard drives as described here<\/a> and in couple other places listed at the end of this post.
\nI understand that it is still possible to order PERC6 with newer servers, but something tells me that those sooner or later will be phased out.<\/p>\n

I have not added any new hard drives so far to 30+ dell servers that I take care of, neither I plan to do any upgrades, yet I like the feeling that I\u2019m running machines that comply to industry standards and allow easy upgrade without relying on a single vendor. It seems that now Dell wants to take a path of DECs, IBMs and Suns of the previous era.
\nIt\u2019s obvious for me that you cannot provide support for components not tested with your hardware \u2013 but warning customer is one thing, denying her\/him to use 3rd party components \u2013 something completely else.<\/p>\n

I doubt that voice of tiny clients like us can change anything but yet I\u2019d like it to be heard. <\/p>\n

Some more reference:
\nhttp:\/\/www.standalone-sysadmin.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/dell-removes-3rd-party-drive-support\/
\nhttp:\/\/blog.drgn.net\/2010\/02\/dell-ships-broken-enterprise-perc-raid.html
\nhttp:\/\/serverfault.com\/questions\/111588\/server-vendor-that-allows-3rd-party-disks
\nhttp:\/\/lists.us.dell.com\/pipermail\/linux-poweredge\/2010-February\/thread.html#41274<\/p>\n

best regards,<\/p>\n

PS..<\/p>\n

20100409 – i just got mail from dell:
\nDELL H-SERIES CONTROLLER BLOCKING OF 3RD PARTY DRIVES TO BE REMOVED IN Q2FY11<\/p>\n

Dell will no longer prevent customer use of non-Dell hard drives attached to PERC H700 and H800 controllers on our 11th generation of PowerEdge servers. A Q2FY11 PERC Firmware Update is planned to allow non-Dell hard drives to be used with these controllers.<\/p>\n

which is cool….
\nmore here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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