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Hi everyone, |
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Ok, here's my dilemma... |
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I have some new Dell R515 servers (12 bay versions). These do not have |
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any Dell supported internal SD (or CF) card options for the hypervisor, |
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but they do have an internal 2.5" dual SATA/SAS drive cage, for running |
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a bootable OS (in my case the ESXi hypervisor)... |
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Well, I really hate the idea of wasting money and disk space (for 2 |
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146GB SAS drives to be run in a mirror, what is being recommended to me) |
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on something that only requires about 32MB to install (the hypervisor) |
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when apparently there is a really cool option like: |
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for CF cards: |
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http://www.addonics.com/products/ad2sahdcf.php |
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or |
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for SD cards: |
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http://www.addonics.com/products/ad2sahdcf.php |
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I could get 2 of these for each server, each with a mirrored pair of CF |
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(or SD) cards (mirror mode is defined by a jumper or switch on the |
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adapter), then mirror those (in the BIOS), which would result in a total |
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of FOUR CF (or SD) redundant cards (a mirror of 2 mirrored pairs) for |
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the hypervisor... and I can do this for quite a bit less than even a |
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SINGLE 146GB SAS drive... |
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Is there any reason NOT to do this? |
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What am I missing (other than the fact that Dell won't support this |
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config, but I'm not using them for software support anyway)? |
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Appreciate any/all comments... |
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Charles |
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