Dell server rack mount help ?

Sharpy1

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Hi I was wondering if anyone new anything about dell server racks and the types of hard drives you can use inside

Do you have to use dell hdds
 
Perhaps someone who knows dells specifically can confirm, but my experiance with HP and custom built rack-mounts is that they will take any 3.5" hard drive. The issue tends to be if the rack-mount has special adapters to secure them to the case (like rails to slide them in and out) and you don't have any extras laying around for the new drive.
 
Your post is a duplicate but i'll answer here as well:

The bezel doesn't matter, you can actually take the bezel off of the drive and put it on a new drive without issue. The main issue with Dell is they sometimes will put a firmware package on their drives so that their servers only read from those drives. I'm not 100% sure this is the case with rack mount servers but i know for a fact this is the case with their Equallogic branded storage systems.
 
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