Dell R510 - convert 8 bay in to 12 bay unit?

[BlizzardX]

Hi,

This might seem like a random question, but I assure you its not

I'm looking at switching my storage system over to a full SES2 compatible setup and have had my eyes on the 12 bay Dell R510 as they occasionally come up for sale in NZ. At the moment there is a fully loaded 8 bay second hand loaded with SSDs and drives (let alone memory!) for quite good value.

I was wondering whether it was possible, like it appears to be on the HP 180G6s to switch the backplane/front of chassis to 12 bays from the 8 bays? I cannot find anything on the web the says you can but having not seen one in person I do not know what the chassis looks like and whether it has such a provision.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[nutcase]

This is one of HPs strengths - they are happy to put the whole info of what you can and can't do with their hardware available. Dell? Nope

 

[BlizzardX]

Yeah, it does seem that the HPs are slightly more 'modifiable' compared to the Dells. I would be happy with a DL180 but the G6 appears to have only one SAS connector on the backplane, which when serving 12 drives in a mix of SSD and SATA would be a bottleneck.