[SOLVED] Assist: Hard Drive Replacement

[AJAshinoff]

I've recently had decommissioned a site I'd never been to. I Inherited two HP Proliant DL36 Gen9 servers. Each server has 8 forward facing hard drive bays but both systems bays, all 16, are entirely empty. I haven't tried booting either one yet, so I'm not sure how much memory is installed and if there is any storage space integrated into the primary hardware. A quick look across the web revealed a lot of seemingly proprietary choices. I'm hoping one of the members here has either worked with one of these servers before and can make definitive recommendations or can point me to some drive that are 100% certain to work with these HPs.

Thank you in advance for whatever help you can give.

PS
I need, at minimum, 4TB drives.

 

[kanewolf]

I've recently had decommissioned a site I'd never been to. I Inherited two HP Proliant DL36 Gen9 servers. Each server has 8 forward facing hard drive bays but both systems bays, all 16, are entirely empty. I haven't tried booting either one yet, so I'm not sure how much memory is installed and if there is any storage space integrated into the primary hardware. A quick look across the web revealed a lot of seemingly proprietary choices. I'm hoping one of the members here has either worked with one of these servers before and can make definitive recommendations or can point me to some drive that are 100% certain to work with these HPs.

Thank you in advance for whatever help you can give.

PS
I need, at minimum, 4TB drives.

First I assume you mean DL360 G9 rather than DL36 G9. You will have to get the mounting frames for drives.
When you boot them you want to either have a display connected to the VGA port or have the ILO port connected to ethernet.

 

[AJAshinoff]

First I assume you mean DL360 G9 rather than DL36 G9. You will have to get the mounting frames for drives.
When you boot them you want to either have a display connected to the VGA port or have the ILO port connected to ethernet.

Yes, it was a typo.

Proliant DL360 Gen9. By looking at them, I see that mounting frames would be required and also that they are 2.5" drives. These machines appear to still have some relevance if I can add some storage and perhaps some memory. I have a department who could use, as Carlin would have put it, a place to put their stuff.

 

[kanewolf]

Yes, it was a typo.

Proliant DL360 Gen9. By looking at them, I see that mounting frames would be required and also that they are 2.5" drives. They appear to still have some relevance if I can add some storage and perhaps some memory. I have a department who could use, as Carlin would have put it, a place to put their stuff.

This sounds like a commercial use. You should get the serial numbers and see what the support costs are. G9 chassis are reasonably new. You should still be able to purchase support from HPE.

 

[AJAshinoff]

This sounds like a commercial use. You should get the serial numbers and see what the support costs are. G9 chassis are reasonably new. You should still be able to purchase support from HPE.

Yes, its for work. I looked at HP's website and came up empty. I'll give a call during business hours. Just putting in a little time today to perform some overdue maintenance and not planning to work more than 2-3 hours.

If the drive costs are too high It'll be cheaper to build a new server.

Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

Yes, its for work. I looked at HP's website and came up empty. I'll give a call during business hours. Just putting in a little time today to perform some overdue maintenance and not planning to work more than 2-3 hours.

If the drive costs are too high It'll be cheaper to build a new server.

Thanks!

Download the quickspecs for the DL360G9. That will give you the HPE part numbers. For example a 2TB SATA drive is 765455-B21 Provantage (a supplier I use frequently) has those drives for $375 each -- https://www.provantage.com/hpe-765455-b21~7CMPT6QR.htm