I've been running Windows Home Server on an old Dell Zion (yeah--pretty pokey), I see Dell has a great deal on an I3 PowerEdge T110 II. I did a lot of poking around in the online docs and manuals, but have a few unanswered questions:
o Does the server have a built-in SATA controller? The manual shows 6 SATA connectors, but when I tried to configure the server for purchase, it was persistent about wanting me to chose a PERC controller card. If there is a motherboard controller, will it be adequate?
o Again, when trying to configure with UEFI boot, it indicated configuration conflicts. I'm ordering it without HDDs, but want to use an existing 4TB drive. I'll need to configure GBT and will need UEFI for that, I believe. Is this a problem?
o Anyone aware of any issues with running Windows Home Server 2011 on this platform?
They are selling the unit as diskless/OSless as the default configuration. That's fine, but I wanted to buy a couple of enterprise HDDs to go along with it. When I tried to configure the system with HDDs, that's when all the configuration conflicts came up. I'll try to call in tomorrow, but I find the community is usually more knowledgeable than the sales folks. It looks like I'll buy the unit diskless and add my own drives. Any recommendations for HDDs that are reasonably reliable (and less expensive that Dell's)? I'd like to run RAID 1.
My "adventure" is about to begin. Thanks for the help!!
Al