Hi Dustin, Yes, that is correct! That is the primary distinction between these two servers, but they both have the flex bay option available.
Thanks for sharing the images on what needs to be purchased. When you mention 12 bay vs 24 bay for the 720xd and 730xd this distinction is whether your server takes large form factor (LFF 3.5 inch) or small form factor (SFF 2.5 inch) hard drives right?
Thanks, Chad! We’re so happy to hear that. (And we’ve got some more in the works!☺)
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Don’t forget that some (all?) machines will not POST with a mix of LR-dimms and R-dimms! I have an r730 and an extra 256GB of ram that does not make it happy.
I just have it here, on my desk. Taunting me.
Hi Craig,
Great question. This probably will not cause any issues with virtualization, as ultimately, the CPUs will use RAM that hasn’t been allocated yet. Admins decide how much of the CPU and memory to use, but the server should have no trouble selecting where to use it from.
Mike,
we have several Dell r430 of which we have purchased there, this is a general question about the R430, my question revolves around the fact the ram per cpu is different CPU1 has 8 dimms and CPU2 has 4 dimms, we are populating all slots with 32g chips so does this create some sort of issue in a virtualized environment considering how much ram per cpu as assigned to VM’s.
Hi Paul. Thanks for reaching out. We are still perfecting our design on these, and will be sure to let you know as soon as they are ready. Sorry for the wait but stay please tuned!
Hey Mike,
In Ny,
Do you sell those blue clips for raid card on the funky raid design PE720 Dell server?
How much if you do. Let me know if you can sell those to us.
TY
Paul
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