2010/5/18 Thomas Smith <tgs@resc.net>
Hi,
The ridiculous prices usually come when you have them preinstall a
disk on a system. It's always much cheaper to buy a disk separately
than to have them install it. The bad part is that, as has been said
before, they only give the system exactly the parts that it needs as
you order it, so forget about getting an extra drive sled in the box,
for instance. Perverse incentives... it's in their best interest if
the system is as un-expandable as possible.
-Thomas
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Shei, Shing-Shong <shei@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> Mark,
>> Here is an option for a server hard drive from Dell's website just now:
>>
>> 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive [$449.00]
>>
>> From Newegg:
>>
>> Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA Drive - $159.99
>
> What's the URL you got from Dell? Looks like it's more than bare bone drive
> (since it's "cabled hard drive.") I just went to Dell and here are some
> sample URLs:
>
> 1) 1TB 7200 RPM Hot Swappable Serial ATA II Hard Drive for Dell PowerEdge 2900 Server
> for $148.99 (with tray).
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/System_Drives/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=341-5895
>
> 2) 1TB 7200 RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive for Dell Vostro 220/ 430 / Studio XPS 8000 Desktop
> for $120.99
>
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/System_Drives/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=341-8259
>
> 3) 1TB Caviar Blue SATA 3 Internal Hard Drive for $83.99
>
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/System_Drives/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A3677038
>
> Thanks,
> Shing-Shong
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