I've decided we 'need' an optical drive/"burner" for our Power Edge R320 rackmount, and was curious about what 'options'; we might have available to us. There is no optical drive installed on this currently, and I see that there are at least two part numbers that 'fit' this 'slimline' accommodation, but these are simply DVD 'burners' and what i was REALLY hoping for was to find an "M-disk" 'Blu-ray' burner that might slip into this bay. I guess I'd 'settle' for a 'standard' single layer BD, but optimally I'd very much opt for a drive that might accommodate BDXL. .. which I do see available from LG, Panasonic, etc. Yes, I could do this 'externally' but we all know how crowded server racks seem to be eventually, and the internal drive bay is beckoning to me to fill.... So - this IS a 12mm drive, right? Not one of the new 9.5mm drives...? I was considering buying one of the Panasonic 12mm BDXL drives since they seem to get some nice reviews, and if it fit, all I'd need is the 'additional mounting hardware' that is unique to this Dell PER320 (pretty minimal stuff, but still...). Does anyone have any input on a 'multi-layer' "M-disk" BD 'burner' so I can finally archive this really old data ... without having to span across 12 to 15 DVDs. Sheesh...
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