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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