>>From what I understand the "flexbay" are inside the box, typically >>usefull for OS (SSD) drives, then it lets you use all the front hotlug >>slot with larger platter drives. Yes, it's inside the box. I ask the question because of the derek message: " They currently give me a hard time about trying to mix and match SSDs though on the 12 bay back-plane which is not a technical problem but a Dell problem " ----- Mail original ----- De: "Cedric Lemarchand" <cedric@xxxxxxxxxxx> À: ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Envoyé: Mercredi 15 Janvier 2014 17:45:01 Objet: Re: Ceph / Dell hardware recommendation Le 15/01/2014 17:34, Alexandre DERUMIER a écrit : > Hi Derek, > > thanks for the information about r720xd. > Seem that 24 drive chassis is also available. > > What is the advantage to use flexbay for ssd ? Bypass the back-plane ? >From what I understand the "flexbay" are inside the box, typically usefull for OS (SSD) drives, then it lets you use all the front hotlug slot with larger platter drives. Cheers -- Cédric _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com