<div>The nice thing about Supermicro is that they have much for platform variation than just about anybody else. However, if you need the r730 with the 1.8 disks, SM does not have an option for that. You can, however, easily get 24 2.5" disks in the SC216 (or equivalent) platform, and they have several platforms in 1U and 2U that can accommodate a wide variety of 3.5"disk choices. Which are you looking for? You probably want to give an integrator your specs and let them suggest one. There are many available.<br/>
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Berkeley Communications (my favorite)<br/>
Microway<br/>
Colfax<br/>
many more.<br/>
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You also might look at PSSC labs to see if one of their items fits.<br/>
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<font color="#888888"><font color="#888888">Sent from my android device.</font></font><br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: Andy <omnios@citrus-it.net><br/>To: omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br/>Sent: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 8:51<br/>Subject: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..<br/><br/></div>
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Hi,
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We have a number of Dell PE1950 servers running OmniOS which are in need
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of replacement. Management here have always used Dell and have suggested
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the R730xd platform (as we want more disk slots in the new servers).
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I've read some useful posts on this mailing list about the Dell R730xd -
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specifically that if we ask Dell to configure it for Nexenta then it will
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come with an LSI HBA and Intel NICs but I haven't seen any further posts
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saying whether anyone has had any success getting one of these up and
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running. I got the impression from the posts that it wasn't a great idea
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and Supermicro is a better option.
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I'd prefer to run Supermicro but might have some problems convincing
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those with the purse strings. Is anyone running, or can anyone recommend,
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a Supermicro server roughly equivalent to the Del R730xd, or give me an
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idea of what chipsets/HBAs etc. to choose or avoid for OmniOS?
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Any help appreciated,
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Thanks
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Andy
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