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Using both expanders in HP D2700
I am considering purchasing an HP D2700 for use with SSDs (Samsung Pro 840's), for use in realtime playback of high resolution images. The D2700 has two I/O modules (which I assume are the actual SAS ...
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Is it ok to run 15k.6 and 15k.5 SAS disks in a SAN together?
I have a SAN (HP MASA 2012) running seagate Cheetah 15k.6 drives. One has failed and I have a replacement drive that is the same except for it is a 15k.5 drive. Is this ok to run in the SAN? What are ...
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HP ProLiant DL360 G4p compatibility with external SAS enclosure
I have a ProLiant DL360 G4p and a StorageWorks MSA60. The SmartArray controller currently in the DL360 is a SmartArray 6400. I would like to upgrade it to a controller with external mini SAS so I ...
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Can I use a Smart Array P410 controller on a HP Proliant DL 180 G5 server?
This link says the HP Proliant DL 180 G5 server only supports Smart Array E200, E500, P400 and P800 controllers.
Can I use a Smart Array P410 instead?
Currently the server has only the default ...
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HP SAS HDD in an EMC VNX storage?
Would it be possible to use HP SAS 6G DP 300GB 10K SFF drives in an EMC VNX 5100 storage unit, which currently holds EMC 10K SFF drives (these are really Seagate Savvio 10K.5 SFF drives).
Generally, ...
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replace controller, add second controller, or use expander?
I have a Proliant DL380 G6 that I am re-purposing as a Hyper-V host for a new, off-site data center that will host our DR services.
The server currently has a P410i controller with the 512MB BBWC ...
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ML350 G5 - upgrade hot swap drives to 6 Gb/s?
I support a non profit. They got an ML350 G5 donated to them and I immediately put it to good use for them :) It came with four HP 300GB 15K SAS drives - and of course, they have all now failed. I ...
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PostgreSQL server: 10k RPM SAS or Intel 520 Series SSD drives?
We will be expanding the storage for a PostgreSQL server and one of the things we are considering is using SSDs (Intel 520 Series) instead of rotating discs (10k RPM). Price per GB is comparable and ...
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HP MDS 600 compatibility questions
I've bought a used HP MDS 600 to use as JBOD to a ZFS filesystem.
Originally I just assumed that it was a pretty 'dumb' box and I'd be able to use a SAS card like the 16-port LSI one, and most any ...
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Mixing dual and single port SAS disks
I have a HP DL380 G5 with 8x146GB single port SAS SSF disks (DG146ABAB4).
A couple of them have failed and I can't find any new single port disks anymore. They all seem to be dual port. I'm wondering ...
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HP D2700 enclosure and SSDs. Will any SSD work?
I've got an HP D2700 enclosure that I'm looking to shove some 2.5" SSD drives in. Looking at the prices of HP's SSD drives vs something like an Intel 710 and even something less 'enterprisey', there's ...
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HP SAS hdd in non-HP server
I wonder if I could re-use some HP SAS drive in a non-HP server.
Description:
146GB 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SFF
3G Single Port Hot-Plug 10K HDD
Option Part# 431958-B21
Spare Part# 432320-001
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HP StorageWorks MSA60 SAS attached enclosure: how to manage online on Windows?
We have a HP StorageWorks MSA60 SAS attached enclosure, with 12x1Tb SATA disks, connected to a P800 controller.
Until now, they were used with a Linux server under the control of an external company.
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SSDs or 15k sas for server OS / application drive?
I'm thinking about upgrading the OS / application drive for an HP DL 580 G5 running windows server 2003 64-bit. We currently use 3 75GB 10k rpm SAS drives in RAID 1. The server is mainly used for ...
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SAS enclosure doesn't restart - MSA60
I just inherited a HP StorageWorks MSA60 (this is a direct-attach SAS enclosure).
I had to move it to another shelf so I turned off the computer which was using it. I also pulled the 2 power cords off ...
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What's the relation between “HP Diagnostics” the “Array Config Utility” and “Windows Disk Manager”
I have a failed drive that is reported in HP Diagnostics
https://localhost:2381/hpdiags/frontend2/frontend.php?
It tells me that Logical Drive 5 has a drive that is about to fail. The name of ...
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HP P411 Storage Controller not recognized during boot
it's me again :( I've asked a question here a few minutes ago ( HP B110i controller not seeing storage array. Any ideas? )
Turns out I was wrong, and there IS a P411 controller built in, I verified ...
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HP B110i controller not seeing storage array. Any ideas?
We got a new HP ProLiant DL160G6 with internal P410 SAS controller, and an additional B110i SAS controller with external ports that is supposed to connect to the HP Storageworks D2600 Drive Array we ...
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HP P410i as online spare
Is it possible to have dual P410i SAS controllers and use one for a online spare? I am fairly new to HP servers and I will be setting up a new G7 for production use.
I have been reading about HP's ...
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Shrink an HP Smart Array on a P400
I just started consulting for a new client and one of 6 hard drives in their server's SAS array failed. Going over the options of replacing the drive, they didn't like the thought of spending about ...
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HP Autoloader mount, ESXi 4.1 through SAS - will it work?
I need to figure out if I can get this to work.
I have a HP P2000 Storage system, connected to 2 x HP DL360 G7 through SAS.
Then I got an HP Autoloader with connected through SAS too.
Will I, in ...
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HP DL180 and External SAS Tape Backup Drive
Is is possible to use the following PCI-E card with a HP DL180 server (specifically the 487507-371 model) - HP 4x Internal/4x External SAS PCI-E Adapter (416096-B2).
If not what are the options for ...
