Quote Originally Posted by Mancora
My journey started with a PowerEdge 400SC rig my sister purchased under my advisement a while back. The problem with this machine is that it came with two IDE devices hooked up in the master positions of IDE 1 and IDE 2, and I wanted to add another HD.
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Gotta say it'll be a cold day in hell before I recommend dell to any family or friends who look to me for computer info.
Odd and I sympathize, but running IDE on a PowerEdge doesn't make sense. Those PERC controllers are there for a reason.

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Hmm, I'm surprised that box carries a PE designation, I see that it's made for SATA and doesn't have even a single PERC, much less the duel PERC setup I'm used to.

The smallest PE I've run is a 2600 (2U)