# [OmniOS-discuss] Dell vs. Supermicro and any recommendations..

Dan McDonald danmcd at omniti.com
Wed Feb 18 15:34:18 UTC 2015

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    > On Feb 18, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Andy <omnios at citrus-it.net> wrote:
    >
    > I've read some useful posts on this mailing list about the Dell R730xd -
    > specifically that if we ask Dell to configure it for Nexenta then it will
    > come with an LSI HBA and Intel NICs but I haven't seen any further posts
    > saying whether anyone has had any success getting one of these up and
    > running. I got the impression from the posts that it wasn't a great idea
    > and Supermicro is a better option.

    The key is to get an HBA illumos likes.  The *default* Dell HBAs aren't all that great, and stick you with HW-RAID.

    I've not heard success stories with "Nexenta Configured" + OmniOS, but that's because every Nexenta configuration was used to... well... run NexentaStor.  :)

    I know lots of illumos shops run SuperMicro with success.

    Dan

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