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Dell Precision T3610 Tower Workstation HDD
can some one please guide which HDD is best suitable for this server as i want to use it as VMware server.
currently i am using sata Hdd but performance is not good.
currently i am using sata Hdd but performance is not good.
Which controller is managing the drives?
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i just want to put a single drive minimum 500 gb but it should work fast compare to others no raid nothing else.
its an lab machine
its an lab machine
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i want to put fastest hdd of world....
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With sata you can go to a 10k HDD vs a 7200..
http://www.amazon.com/VelociRaptor-500-Workstation-Hard-Drive/dp/B007VPGK42/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1432138842&sr=1-2&keywords=sata+10k
or if you have the added in SAS controller you could go to 15k
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/business/smb/merchandizing/en/Documents/Dell_Precision_T3610_Spec_Sheet.pdf
Also how much memory is in the system? HDD might not be your bottleneck if you dont have enough memory for the virtual server..
Lots of ifs here..