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Adding a new disk in a Dell Compellent SC4020

Howdy, did  a search to find  this, but nothing solid:
I know when it comes to adding  a new disk drive to a Dell compellent, it needs to be a certain firmware or else the SAN won;t recognize it.

Is it possible to find disks out on the googles, as opposed to going through vendor channels & paying 3-4x the cost of other similar disks? e.g. 2TB disk @ $600.xx vs $200 for a non-Compellent application..

I tried a disk that matched part #'s etc, but quickly found out , the disk needs to be...special..

thanks,
Rich
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In most cases non Dell disks will not work. Disks for Equallogic or Compellent arrays requires also proper firmware to be installed on disk or it may not be used or reported as not usable.
If you look at the disks themselves, you may find out that they are say, Seagate Constellation or Enterprise Disks.  I do agree with the firmware level, however most of these drives are commercial lots purchased from major vendors and sometimes rebranded. Again, check the specifications.  We had many Dells and HP's in the past that were out of warranty in in those cases, the ones purchased from CDW, Newegg and Amazon were exactly the same, once you identified the actual drive.

Again, I do agree about the firmware levels.
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good enuff lads.
thanks,
Rich
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