Dell PERC Question (Server Down)
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@BRRABill said:
I have a DELL T320.
Apparently it has an INTERNAL SD card. (Interesting from the articles I read, it appears to be a redundant internal SD card reader for hypervisor usage.) Though I did not purchase that with my server.
So I could try to acquire one (or install a thrid party SD card reader) or just use a USB stick.
Go with the USB stick?
Call XByte, they should be able to direct you.
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@Dashrender said:
Call XByte, they should be able to direct you.
My preliminary searches online have the reader at around $75.
I figure i can get a USB drive for much, much less.
Any reason to go SD here?
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I used an off the shelf USB stick in my first ESXi server for 5 years. But when I tried to clone it others.. those others would never work.
I've been using SD for around 2 years now.. they always clone without issues - can't explain the difference...
Do you need an actual reader? or does the server just have an SD slot? My HP DL380p G8 has a SD slot directly on the mobo.
That's why I said call Xbyte.. they should tell you the options.
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@Dashrender said:
That's why I said call Xbyte.. they should tell you the options.
I contacted DELL support. I do NOT have a reader on the mobo. I need the add-on part, which as I said probably costs around $75. I'll check and report back.
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@Dashrender said:
I used an off the shelf USB stick in my first ESXi server for 5 years. But when I tried to clone it others.. those others would never work.
I've been using SD for around 2 years now.. they always clone without issues - can't explain the difference...
Do you need an actual reader? or does the server just have an SD slot? My HP DL380p G8 has a SD slot directly on the mobo.
That's why I said call Xbyte.. they should tell you the options.
I never had any issues with USB sticks but I used good quality ones
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@MattSpeller said:
I never had any issues with USB sticks but I used good quality ones
Are you saying this one I got free from my grocery store isn't of good quality?
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@BRRABill said:
@MattSpeller said:
I never had any issues with USB sticks but I used good quality ones
Are you saying this one I got free from my grocery store isn't of good quality?
Depends if they gave it to you or if you picked it up off the floor
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@MattSpeller said:
Depends if they gave it to you or if you picked it up off the floor
LOL.
What brands do you consider "good quality"?
I was also thinking a slim one would be good to fit into the front of the server.
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@BRRABill said:
@MattSpeller said:
Depends if they gave it to you or if you picked it up off the floor
LOL.
What brands do you consider "good quality"?
I was also thinking a slim one would be good to fit into the front of the server.
Uhhh it's been a while... I'm pretty out of date. I'd encourage others to chime in.
Maybe this one for it's size?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD3HB0756&cm_re=usb_drive--20-242-107--Product
If I were buying one today for myself or a "critical duty" I'd get these, no question. Best reviewed ones I can find.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD2WW6360&cm_re=sandisk_extreme--20-171-972--Product
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I generally go with anything that I can get a 5 pack of. A 5 pack of USB drives at 16gb capacity for $20-30 should hold you over for the life of the server.
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We use SD Cards in RAID for OS on Hypervisors.
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I have two Dell R720XDs with redundant SD cards running ESXi6. I have two more R710s running 16GB Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drives, also running ESXi 6. I got them for three reasons- The had great reviews, they are cheap and they are tiny, which means they are a lot less likely to get knocked off or broken in the USB port.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173033&cm_re=ultra_fit--20-173-033--Product
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@MattSpeller said:
If I were buying one today for myself or a "critical duty" I'd get these, no question. Best reviewed ones I can find.
That is some serious USB drive.
I have a feeling a lot of the price is driven by features you wouldn't need for this purpose, though.
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@BRRABill said:
@MattSpeller said:
If I were buying one today for myself or a "critical duty" I'd get these, no question. Best reviewed ones I can find.
That is some serious USB drive.
I have a feeling a lot of the price is driven by features you wouldn't need for this purpose, though.
Indeed, I'd stick with a good name brand one, tiny thumbnail form factor if that's what floats your boat.
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I had a thought on this over the weekend, which might help push my decision here.
Since this is a DELL server, will it have any issues running off of non-DELL USB drives?
I mean, you would think it wouldn't matter, but as we have seen, it certainly does not like non-DELL stuff.
I could get the DELL SD reader and two DELL SD cards. But that seems like overkill.
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@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
I had a thought on this over the weekend, which might help push my decision here.
Since this is a DELL server, will it have any issues running off of non-DELL USB drives?
I mean, you would think it wouldn't matter, but as we have seen, it certainly does not like non-DELL stuff.
I could get the DELL SD reader and two DELL SD cards. But that seems like overkill.
I've never even seen a Dell branded USB drive.
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I mean, you would think it wouldn't matter, but as we have seen, it certainly does not like non-DELL stuff.
I have non-DELL memory and hard dives in my Dell Servers with no issues. I suggest you try it again, with new drives. I even have a same SSD drives you do running in a dell server with no issues.
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@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
I've never even seen a Dell branded USB drive.
They sell DELL SD cards with the DELL SD reader.
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@aaronstuder said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
I have non-DELL memory and hard dives in my Dell Servers with no issues. I suggest you try it again, with new drives. I even have a same SSD drives you do running in a dell server with no issues.
These drives are specifically designed to work with the DELL servers as well.
I'll ping @jleskovsky again, maybe he will chime in.
I know this is a newer brand of the SSD everyone has been using from EDGE/xByte.
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@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
I've never even seen a Dell branded USB drive.
They sell DELL SD cards with the DELL SD reader.
I know that they sell cards, had no idea that they were Dell branded. Dell doesn't make cards, so it is like Dell floppies, just their name slapped on it.
