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Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5' SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required.ianc1215ianc1215 6 Answers 

SATA2 disks should be compatible with the Smart Array P400i that comes with your server (or any other SAS controller, for the matter), although probably not with stellar performance as others have noted. But keep in mind that not all SATA disks are suitable for use with RAID because of the infamous Time-Limited Error Recovery parameter (TLER for WD drivers, also called ERC by Seagate and CCTL by others). Disks not prepared for RAID configurations will frequently drop from the array.joechipjoechip

I've never had any compatibility issues using SATA disks in HP hardware or with Smart Array controllers. 

A better solution may be to use midline SAS drives if you have the budget. Tk soul party like back in the day download. They'll still run at 7200 RPM, but still have a SAS interface (and queuing, etc.). 

I'd recommend the 2.5' Seagate Constellation drives in either 500GB or 1TB capacities, with a SAS-2 interface. They should be around $200 per disk. The SATA interface versions of the same drives will be about $50 less per disk.

The HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server uses a Smart Array P400i RAID controller in most setups. Performance is helped tremendously if you have a battery-backed write cache unit on the controller. See: Incredibly low disk performance on HP ProLiant DL385 G7

Make sure you update the firmware on your internal Smart Array (P400) RAID controller before doing this. See the HP firmware update page for your model and OS. Community♦ewwhiteewwhite

SATA drives always work when connected to a SAS controller, by definition.

Minor correction - the SATA drives must be SATA2 or newer (3Gbps) -- from comment below.Shane Madden♦Shane Madden

Few times I had a problem with SATA drives inside Proliant servers where under Linux drives were detected as PATA.

The solution was to turn off Auto mode for hdd in BIOS settings..mangiamangia

You should be able use any SATA drive, but I'd consult the bare drive model numbers on HP's Hard Drive Model Number Matrix before you buy. That'll give you a strong indication of which drives will work well in your server, and point you to any special firmware.

Old question, I know, but it took me ages to find that list.cloudworkscloudworks

You can use SATA drives, but make sure they are 'raid edition' drives intended for use in servers, and not drives intended for use in desktops. 'Raid Edition' is Western Digital's name for it: other vendors each have their own name, but this is important; it's not just snake oil and you can run into problems if you get cheaper disks.

Expect to spend about $100 for a 1TB disk of this type:

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Enterprise-Drive/dp/B001IEXU68

or $120 for a more recent version with a larger cache:

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Enterprise-WD1003FBYX/dp/B003SANWI6Joel CoelJoel Coelprotected by Tom O'ConnorFeb 10 '14 at 0:13

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I plan to setup RAID10 using SSD drives.

What RAID controller comes with the HP DL360 G7?Proliant 380g6 Sata Raid Controller Drivers

Is it a real Hardware RAID controller?

And it is compatible with CentOS Linux? 

Will SSD be ok in RAID10?JohnTJohnT 4 Answers 

The HP ProLiant DL360 G7 will usually leverage an onboard Smart Array P410 RAID controller.Proliant 380g6 Sata Raid Controller Driver Windows 7

The controller is Linux-compatible and uses a driver that has been in the Linux mainline kernel for over a decade. Depending on your specific OS choice, you will end up using the older CCISS driver or the newer HPSA driver.

As for SSDs, I've used a wide variety with HP Smart Array controllers. The only drives that cause problems are some SATA SSDs whose firmware do not report a valid temperature to the controller and some STEC ZeusIOPS SAS enterprise SSDs that give bogus S.M.A.R.T. errors.

I have a new DL380 G7 going into production running CentOS 6.2 and a Smart Array P410 controller with a RAID 1+0 comprised of OWC Mercury Pro drives (Sandforce controllers).

The specific disk detail is below. Some things don't work. These are 6G drives reporting at 3G. The wear-indicator functionality does not work. However, temperature is reported correctly and all other RAID/Smart Array features work properly:

Also see: HP D2700 enclosure and SSDs. Will any SSD work?Community♦ewwhiteewwhite

All HP business gear has a quickspecs page that covers, briefly, all that it includes.

The HP DL360 G7 QuickSpecs page says this servers has a built in P410i SmartArray controller.

The HP P410 QuickSpecs includes

*'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5 (x64 & x84)' compatibility spec (from which CentOS is derived), 

*'RAID 1, 1+0 (Drive Mirroring)' hardware ('real') RAID you're looking for

Be warned that using non-HP disks (SSDs included) with a HP SmartArray is not supported and may not work (though they typically do), and there may be performance losses (which is common with mismatched equipment).Chris SChris S

Free bell curve template. It depends on the exact model; entry models come with the P410i/zero-memory, base models come with the P410i/256MB, performance models come with the P410i/1GB and CTO models can have anything from P212/zero up to P812/1GB.

21 day total body transformation pdf free download. It is indeed very real hardware RAID, though you will want to install the full driver set to ensure you can continue to config the controller and its array/s from within the OS and get access to alerting.

It is RHEL (thus Centos) compatible and it's the RHEL driver set you'll want to install.

As for SSDs, R10 is great, I use it extensively BUT I will caveat that by saying that I use HP branded SSDs, non-branded ones aren't supported but there's a lot of evidence to suggest they work fine although some of the more advanced diags and alerting may not function entirely correctly.Chopper3Chopper3

HP DL 370 G7 comes with P410i and it's well compatabile with Centos 6, but make sure you load latest firmware on it, to avoid SSD issues (firmware >5.0). Also it's better to buy 512MB or 1GB version (with extra RAM module), so it supports all levels of RAID. It will be OK in RAID-10, however it's best to limit the number of drive flushes to minimum, especially if you do some logging, e.g. writing each block 20 times will wear them off in 1 year.Andrew SmithAndrew SmithProliant 380g6 Sata Raid Controller Driver Windows 10 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged linuxhphp-proliantssdhp-smart-array or ask your own question. 

 

 

 

 

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