@BRRABill said in R730 PDR1001 Fault on Drive 3:

@scottalanmiller said in R730 PDR1001 Fault on Drive 3:

Thankfully just a PERC, so pop out the old one, pop in the new, enjoy your coffee.

I know we've been over this before, but is there any way to ensure that doesn't blow a second drive? Or is that mainly age related, with a little bit of bad luck thrown in?

Ensure? No, that's never an option. But replacing a drive in mirrored RAID (RAID 1, RAID 10) does not increase the risk of another drive blowing. That's part of parity RAID, not mirrored. So you protect the "other" drives from blowing my choosing mirrored RAID from the outset.

@DustinB3403 said in CP - Dell vs HP server quotes:

I've received two quotes for new server hardware - one from our local reseller and one directly from Dell. As far as I can tell, the two quotes are identical spec-wise but the local reseller is almost $12k more expensive. Here are the two quotes:

Quote from Dell:
2x Dell PowerEdge R430 servers $6,665.60

2x Xeon E5-2630 v3 CPUs 2x 32 GB RDIMM Diskless configuration
1x Dell SCv2020 iSCSI SAN $10,303.26 14x Dell 1.2 TB SAS 12GB, 10k, 2.5" HD
1x Dell N2048 gigabit switch $1,693.49

TOTAL: $18,662.35

HP Quote from local reseller:
2x HP ProLiant DL360 servers $7,266.00

2x Xeon E5-2630 v3 CPUs 64 GB RAM (unknown configuration) Diskless configuration
1x HP MSA 2040 SAN $20,932.00 14x HP MSA 1.2 TB 10K SAS 2.5in drives includes $5,850 in labor so actual price
is only $15,082
1x Cisco Catalyst 2960-X gigabit switch $2,320.00

TOTAL: $30,518.00

Difference: $11,855.65

Is there any reason why I should choose the HP solution over the Dell solution? I will be running vSphere 6 on these servers. I'm not familiar with managing either server line so either way I'll be learning new management tools. When it comes to support I think I trust my local reseller more than Dell but $12k extra is hard to stomach just for that.

[Edit: CP Code M.]

Unless that OP is restricted to 1U hosts, I would go with the quote from Xbyte for Dell 730xd with same specs as in quotes is
0_1477764464719_upload-e7876862-aaf2-4c7d-9461-089a8141fab5

Multiply by 2, add Starwind's vSAN and a couple 10Gb NICs and he's done. Especially if only 2 hosts. Same(ish) price, way more reliability, better performance all around. I'd post that reco on SW but would likely get banned lol.

The one thing not mentioned is if there are other hosts connecting to the SAN.

@dafyre said in Open Text to buy Dell-EMC enterprise Content Division:

@stacksofplates said in Open Text to buy Dell-EMC enterprise Content Division:

Right but with our software, they only support the default which is Gnome 3. And at $70K per seat per year for some of it, we don't stray too far away from that.

Okay, yeah. That's understandable. Set up Gnome 3 on one of your Home VMs and see how painful or not it is, lol.

Ha I've got a couple running here and I've tried different ways to get in. We can run apps with X2Go with the published apps list, but just no desktop. It's not a big deal, but some people like having the full desktop to work with.

xByte would be a great option, I bet that they would have a solution for you with this.

I gave up on the Dell iDRAC console long ago.

@CharlesHTN said in Install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on Hyper-V Server 2012 R2:

That's why I always change it to "hobbes"!

hahaha, Shaw and Hobbs 😛 but anyway yeah I hear you.

@Dashrender said:

Are you the reviewer of this data like NTG can be, instead of Dell direct?

If that's really the case and it removes Dell's sales people from the equation, hot damn that's awesome!

In theory. Yes

In practice? We'll see if Dell maintains that.

Apparently this got abandoned.

Same result in multiple browsers?

Would be a seriously mis-timed April fools day joke if it's the bank website.

I wish it were still called "Internet Explorer" so I can call it "Internet Exploder". Microsoft you took away all the fun.

Looks like the topic ran away from me...been swamped with other things this past week...glad to see it made for good conversation.

@coliver said:

@DustinB3403 said:

Gone are the days when you could go into CompUSA and pick up a part like this, unless you guys have a few cards around the office or have a few connections to get equipment to set this up...

Seems like a few more days before this'll be up.

Especially since it is a holiday week.

Nahh, Just order them off Amazon with Prime.

@ryanblahnik said:

@BRRABill I worked as a technician at a Ubreakifix repair shop for a short time.

Would that have been maybe an iPhone 4S, where you had to go in through the back cover and take almost everything apart to get at that screen?

From the iPhone 5 forward, the screens got pretty easy to change out pretty quickly after seeing a couple, but it's also definitely an adjustment starting to work with parts and screws that are 10% of the usual size. Once in a while, something like a flex cable could just seem determined to not stay in one piece.

When receiving a bad part means having to wait for another order rather than just going back to the shelf to look for a good one, that's another disincentive for diy too.

Yeah, I had done a few 3Gs, and it was easy. Then the 4 or 4S ... it involved around 30+ screws. It was ridiculous.

As much as I typically help anyone who asks for computer help (I know, I know) for phones and tablets I send them to the mall.

Dell has there fair share of quality control issues with laptops and and desktops anymore. The laptops have been plagued by motherboard isues.

It's amazing how many of these bloatware security issues have come up in the past two weeks since we had the comment made of "is removing bloatware worth it" in that one thread. 🙂

@BRRABill said:

@RojoLoco said:

hey why did you use an @ in the f word once but spelled it out later, lol?

🙂

Because the mods edit my posting. They apparently need better tools.

Dell acknowledge the issue:

http://www.itnews.com.au/news/dell-owns-up-to-edellroot-fake-cert-security-gaffe-412229?eid=1&edate=20151125&utm_source=20151125_AM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter

To get rid of the self-signed root certificate, Dell customers have the option of waiting for a software patch to be rolled out over the coming days, or downloading and running the fix themselves.

Link to fix: https://dellupdater.dell.com/Downloads/APP009/eDellRootCertFix.exe

@Dashrender said:

@MattSpeller Hmmm.. wonder if that's true?
trax.x10.mx/apps.html

This tool will scan your local certificate repository and tell if you there is anything odd or unexpected in the repository.

Also, do the Latitudes come with this Dell support software like the consumer models?

I think it's available through "Dell digital software delivery" as an option. We just got in 3 new 6440s so I'll check.

Basically, I'm asking, why would Dell get a pass assuming their business line wasn't effected, if Leveno doesn't get one for the same reason?

FWIW I would begin to look at HP (and have, but not seriously), except for the fact that we're tied to Dell for the next 3 years no matter what.

@xByteSean said:

@BRRABill Yes as a matter of fact we do. Any proof of concept box can be configured and shipped to you, and if it didn't fit your needs we would provide the return shipping label at no cost to you.

That is very awesome!

The R820 is a very cool unit. So many cores and so much memory. Perfect for massive Linux and FreeBSD systems.