{"id":229,"date":"2010-06-02T14:31:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T21:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2010-06-02T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T21:45:47","slug":"add-a-5th-drive-to-dell-poweredge-r410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"Add a 5th drive to Dell PowerEdge R410"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These servers are great if you only need 4 drives, but what if you want to LVM or RAID 4 of the drives and then have a 5th drive for the OS? There is no power available for a 5th drive, nor any space. Luckily there are 2 internal USB ports. You can use a thumbdrive but if you want better longevity or don&#8217;t want to have to tweak your OS for fewer writes, a 2.5&#8243; hard drive will fit nicely, assuming you don&#8217;t have a DVD drive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-231\" title=\"circuit board removed from enclosure\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, take a 2.5&#8243; hard drive enclosure and remove the motherboard from the enclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Then mount the drive where the DVD would be and run the cables to the USB port.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can install your OS from a thumb drive or USB-CDROM. After that you can set the default boot device to &#8220;Internal USB: &lt;drive serial number&gt;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232  alignleft\" title=\"photo 3\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-233    alignleft\" title=\"photo 4\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/infinitedisorder.com\/2010\/06\/photo-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These servers are great if you only need 4 drives, but what if you want to LVM or RAID 4 of the drives and then have a 5th drive for the OS? There is no power available for a 5th drive, nor any space. Luckily there are 2 internal USB ports. 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