Dell H830 in a non-Dell system

[PhilJayJ]

Hi

I'd like to use a Dell H830 in a home server. Are the H830 cards locked to Dell motherboards like the H810 cards?

If so, will covering/cutting pins 5 & 6 resolve this?

Thanks

Phil

 

[andrewbedia]

A friend of mine uses a H810 in a desktop just fine. I think he did the tape mod.

 

[PhilJayJ]

Can anyone suggest a 6gb/s enclosure? The cheaper the better!

 

[H_indewarrie]

Anyone who succesfully used a Dell H830 or H730 in a home server already? (I use H810 now which works fine, but need another one and would like to get a H830 if that works too)
Will H730/H830 also support spindown?
Thanks alot!

 

[cbiggers]

Anyone who succesfully used a Dell H830 or H730 in a home server already? (I use H810 now which works fine, but need another one and would like to get a H830 if that works too)
Will H730/H830 also support spindown?
Thanks alot!

Used one in a Dell desktop. Also used one in a Lenovo RS140 which is currently my main store server at home.

 

[cbiggers]

Can anyone suggest a 6gb/s enclosure? The cheaper the better!

Lenovo SA120. About $250 off ebay, 12 ports supports SAS/SATA.

 

[alex1002]

Lenovo SA120. About $250 off ebay, 12 ports supports SAS/SATA.

+1 WORks Well FOR me!

 

[thePoison]

H830 end up working for you?

 

[cbiggers]

H830 end up working for you?

Works fine. No CacheCade though so I went back to LSI

 

[thePoison]

Gotcha, it does have the 2 GB of NV though... I have it installed, seems to be working fairly okay, I think it is weird that Dell licensed FastPath but not CacheCade.