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I am not sure if I am putting this in the right category, but I am interested in buying an NT server. I have been looking at Compaq, but am sure if everything (Hard Driv’s) are proprietary. I already own serveral scsi drives?

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Scott

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SCSI drives, even for compaqs, aren’t proprietary.

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The only problems are possible connector / cable incompatibilities with older drives. But other than that I agree with the above.

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The majority of Compaq servers use hot plug drives, with a propietary sled. Depending on the age of your drives, you may be able to use them mount them on sleds. If not, you may be limited to using a Prosignia model, or the Proliant 800. Your bestbet is to contact an authorized reseller. Give them the information about your drives and let them find a solution for you.

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If you’re all set to get a Compaq server, then get the drives with it. I have found that Compaq works best when you use the hardware that is made specifically for them. I have 2 Proliant 1600R machines here, using 4 – 9.1G drives in a RAID config. Only 1 drive failiure in the past 18 mos, and that one was bad from the factory, according to our Net-Maint guys. I’d say that they’re worth the $$, if you really want one.

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It depends on what model of server you buy. If you buy a Proliant the Hard Drives are proprietary because of the hot swap capability. However you can buy and Prosignia Server instead. I was looking at a Compaq Prosignia 720. It has a single Ultra Wide2 SCSI Controller. You can look up more info at http://www.compaq.com.

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When you buy a Compaq server the hard drives are not proprietary. They ARE however OEM’d specifically for compaq and you normally have to go to compaq for repair/replacement.

However that being said, they do come on proprietary sleds if you order Hot Swap drives. You can take them out of the sleds and then you have normal scsi connections.

You can buy sleds for the hot swap bays. I ended up with a server w/o sleds and I aquired a few. They run generally under $200 for the sled. around $100-150 I believe.

If you buy a server WITHOUT Hot Swap (Saves you a lot of money with the initial purchase to do this, not necessarily in the long run though), you can use your normal drives.

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I wouldn’t buy Compaq (it certainly has proprietary parts). Look at Dell or HP. Go with the drives available with the system if your SCSI drives are a year or more old… technology is changing too fast.

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