MSGID: 1:261/1304 690FC144   
   PID: WWIV BBS v. 424    
   TID: WWIVTOSS v. 1.52    
      
   NA> I had HP DL360's and 380's and although they're nice... they need HP   
   NA> drives.   
   NA> Non-HP drives appear to be missing a temperature sensor which causes the   
   NA> backplane controller to run the fans at full blast... jet-engine full   
   NA> blast.   
   NA> Ended up getting rid of them and going with two Dell R510's for storage,   
   NA> 24 hard drives total, and a R610 for Vmware EXSI.... the hard drives are   
   NA> a mix of different brands and the controller doesn't complain at all.   
      
   I had the extact same HP DL380s with the exact same issues, but there is a   
   solution to the fan full blast issue.  You have to disable the onboard array   
   controller and install another raid controller, like an LSI Megaraid 9261-8i.   
   You can connect the drives to the LSI controller and no blasting fans in the   
   DL380.  I ran mine like that for years before I had the SuperMicros.   
      
   But I wasn't a fan of those small 2.5" drives anyway since you couldn't find   
   anything larger than 1TB which not near enough these days.   
      
   I have been using LSI Megaraid 9361-8i controllers in my latest upgrade, which   
   also has 1G of battery backed up cache.  Works like a champ.  I had to swap   
   out the cables when I went to from the 9261-8i to 9361-8i, but the upgrade was   
   well worth it.  The speed and rebuild times are WAY faster.   
      
   - Mark   
      
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