I can&#39;t answer this question specifically, I can say that in my past experience the only thing different on the server drives has been the carriers to insert them into the chassis. <br><br>Yes, there are the different spindle speeds and life expectancies, but as long as you stick with a brands like Seagate or IBM, you should have no problems with the drives for some time.
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 17, 2008 5:31 PM, Jason Hayes &lt;<a href="mailto:jason@jasonhayes.org">jason@jasonhayes.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Quick question for the group.<br><br>I have a friend that is trying to set up an IBM blade server and is looking<br>for SAS drives.<br><br>The IBM drives are around $600-ish and HP drives are $3-400. So he is<br>wondering if the bladecenter drives are standardized or proprietary.
<br><br>He&#39;s also wondering where in the valley he would find them at a reasonable<br>price.<br><br>He said that the SCSI expansion module in his bladecenter is model #26k4851.<br><br>Thanks<br>--<br>Jason Hayes<br><br>
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