Comments on: On Dell R900 http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/ Personal thoughts, business, economics, politics Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/#comment-149 admin Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:27:52 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=14#comment-149 Margaret, Sure. However as I highlight there are chassis which take much more hard drives so there must be ways to provide adequate cooling. Also 2U PowerEdge 2950 takes 8 hard drives, same as 4U R900 - which does not make much sense to me. Margaret,

Sure. However as I highlight there are chassis which take much more hard drives so there must be ways to provide adequate cooling.

Also 2U PowerEdge 2950 takes 8 hard drives, same as 4U R900 – which does not make much sense to me.

]]> By: Margaret http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/#comment-148 Margaret Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:11:56 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=14#comment-148 Have you considered that stuffing the box with more drives could push it over the edge in terms of power and cooling? The processors and memory generate a lot of heat and so need enough airflow to keep them cool. Have you considered that stuffing the box with more drives could push it over the edge in terms of power and cooling? The processors and memory generate a lot of heat and so need enough airflow to keep them cool.

]]> By: admin http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/#comment-53 admin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:17:37 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=14#comment-53 Jones, Right - there are external array and SAN offerings... but there is a lot of "real estate" in this 4U case they could have an option to have much more directly attached drives. Jones,

Right – there are external array and SAN offerings… but there is a lot of “real estate” in this 4U case they could have an option to have much more directly attached drives.

]]> By: Jones http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/#comment-51 Jones Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:28:31 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=14#comment-51 I think dell expects you to be running a SAN of some description for storage expansion with systems of this calibur. I think dell expects you to be running a SAN of some description for storage expansion with systems of this calibur.

]]> By: Mark http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/01/18/on-dell-r900/#comment-25 Mark Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:43:49 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=14#comment-25 I work almost exclusively with Dell hardware at my company's datacenter and I too have come to appreciate SuperMicro's designs for storage density. Although unfortunately for SuperMicro, you can't beat Dell's prices! I work almost exclusively with Dell hardware at my company’s datacenter and I too have come to appreciate SuperMicro’s designs for storage density. Although unfortunately for SuperMicro, you can’t beat Dell’s prices!

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