I have the above server which has Win7 Ultimate 64 bit o/s and a 250GB boot drive. Q :- What is the largest HDD drive/s this server will support? is it 1TB? as per the original spec this may have been governed by the largest drives available at the time? http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/pe_t300_spec_sheet.pdf http://www.dell.com/downloads/ap/products/servers/en/PE_T300_spec.pdf?c=hk&l=en&s=k12 I have checked the spec, and mine is a basic spec machine which has just the C1 Motherboard SATA Cabled with No Raid for drives 1-4. Ultimately I will install an SSD for the OS as there is a spare 2.5" SATA bay as per the specs tab on this link here http://www.euro.dell.com/uk/en/dfb/Enterprise/pedge_t300/pd.aspx?refid=pedge_t300&cs=ukdfb1&s=dfb TIA, Simon
There is no limit unless its a boot drive which it is then limited to 3TB i believe or maybe less. But there is way to get around this by using an add on card. But this does not effect you.
Thanks are you inferring an update to the Bios? I may try this at some point, quite a process though I understand.
More info :- I have done some further research ,my T300 is a basic spec machine, it just has the C1 Motherboard SATA Cabled, and has the stock embedded SATA (No Raid, 1-4) More background. I am going to be using my T300 as a low cost data (music) store non raid using three additional SATA cabled non-raid drives as discrete storage units i.e. drive E, F & G I understand that Enterprise drives are normally specified in servers as they tend to be used 24/7, mine won't but I know that this RE3 drive will work http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=503 http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=50 Does anyone with server experience know if this drive or any other 2TB drive would work? http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=610 http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=30 http://www.wdc.com/global/products/specs/?driveID=732&language=1 Thanks for your help Simon
Hi, Any drive will do, the low-power, green ones such as the one you mention would be fine. Definitely stick with that kind of drive for this application, you can't use the speed of a faster drive (as anything will be network-limited) and you can do without the heat and noise. You certanly don't need enterprise drives here. Windows? For a server? Maybe you should look at FreeNAS, Debian and the like. You might as well check out all the options. As for the BIOS being the issue with the size limit: probably. That's the only thing I can think of anyway. Updating the BIOS isn't that hard actually, just download the update and follow the procedure.
