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Can I reuse Compellent drives in a desktop PC?
We have several drives left over (new, used, and refurbished) from decommisioned SC8000, SC220 and SCv3020 devices. Can these be reformatted and used in a desktop PC? Thanks
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We have several drives left over (new, used, and refurbished) from decommisioned SC8000, SC220 and SCv3020 devices. Can these be reformatted and used in a desktop PC? Thanks
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tapelibraryfixer
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December 15th, 2022 08:00
i suppose it comes down to what desktop.
would probably need to be SATA and not encrypted drives.
tianchou
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January 1st, 2023 19:00
yes. you can. but first you need to have a sas controller. Most desktop use sata disk but dell compellent disk are sas type.