DELL POWEREDGE C6220 Server Nodes for $150

[DonJon]

Seeing these C6220 node motherboards on sale for $150 each.

WTH3T DELL POWEREDGE C6220 SERVER NODE MOTHERBOARD WITH 2x HEATSINK

Question: Does anyone know if these nodes would fit in C6100 chassis? They are cheap and if these motherboards would fit then they would make a hell of a combo.

 

[frogtech]

v1 nodes which are sata 2, 3.0 gbps only unless you use really long breakout cables to attach HBA/raid card to the backplane...which means maintenance on these becomes a bit more annoying as you have to pop off the top, disconnect the cables from the raid card and then pull the sled out.

 

[carlosmp]

v1 nodes which are sata 2, 3.0 gbps only unless you use really long breakout cables to attach HBA/raid card to the backplane...which means maintenance on these becomes a bit more annoying as you have to pop off the top, disconnect the cables from the raid card and then pull the sled out.

If the C6220 nodes plug in to the C6100 chassis, I could care less about the backplane 3GB/6GB Sata. I'm using SSD drives to boot, and everything else is network storage.

 

[DonJon]

If the C6220 nodes plug in to the C6100 chassis, I could care less about the backplane 3GB/6GB Sata. I'm using SSD drives to boot, and everything else is network storage.

Yeah that's my thought process too. I'm ready to completely abandon the drive backpanes if the C6100 chassis would fit in the C6220 nodes. All that I care is a USB to boot OS and the storage array is external.

Does these motherboards really fit in the C6100 chassis? Anyone?

 

[frogtech]

Its not the backplane that's the issue. Its the design of the chassis coupled with weird design choices on the node itself.

 

[frogtech]

Also, the C6220 would not fit in the C6100 chassis...the C6220 uses two(one in each rack unit plane) midplanes for power and drive connectivity, with a completely different interface(which is on the node itself), whereas the 6100 nodes have interposer extenders that are also a completely different plug in to the power distribution plane in the chassis.

 

[DonJon]

Also, the C6220 would not fit in the C6100 chassis...the C6220 uses two(one in each rack unit plane) midplanes for power and drive connectivity, with a completely different interface(which is on the node itself), whereas the 6100 nodes have interposer extenders that are also a completely different plug in to the power distribution plane in the chassis.

Ok I see. thanks.