I've used both Dell and HP servers in my homelab but am doing some purchasing for a test environment where the requirements are a little higher.
Both R630/730 and DL360/DL380 gen9 accept non OEM SSD's but with HP, I remember orange light would appear. In my homelab this wasn't a problem, but I'm reading about issues with HP. Like SSD's would fall out of a diskgroup or faulty drives would not flag.
Can anyone confirm this?
Also, are there any other handicaps like no SMART or storage feature support?
Buying HP SSD's just doesn't make financial sense at this point but I'm siding towards the gen9s. Dell doesn't seem to have this problem in all my lab experience and is much more forgiving. Firmware issues are such a hassle with HP.
Both R630/730 and DL360/DL380 gen9 accept non OEM SSD's but with HP, I remember orange light would appear. In my homelab this wasn't a problem, but I'm reading about issues with HP. Like SSD's would fall out of a diskgroup or faulty drives would not flag.
Can anyone confirm this?
Also, are there any other handicaps like no SMART or storage feature support?
Buying HP SSD's just doesn't make financial sense at this point but I'm siding towards the gen9s. Dell doesn't seem to have this problem in all my lab experience and is much more forgiving. Firmware issues are such a hassle with HP.