Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 94811 2008-11-13 00:57:00 HP Server Upgrades stormdragon (6013) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
719921 2008-11-13 00:57:00 I'm doing a bit of research for a family member.

Their business currently has a HP ML350 (h20000.www2.hp.com) G4P server (h20195.www2.hp.com), what they are wondering is if its possible to use the integrated SATA controller at the same time as having 6 SAS drives installed.

Yes I know I could contact HP but I don't currently have the serial number of the server so they are refusing to help :(.


Thanks
stormdragon (6013)
719922 2008-11-13 01:25:00 Hi, I have a ML350 G4 for a Virtual Centre Management Server....Not sure what the P denotes....My G4 has 6 SCSI disk vertically mounted at the front......I also have a G5 which is a DR Host and that has SAS disk horizontally mounted along the front...

The integrated controller will support both SCSI\SAS or SATA, however if all your bays are full where are you going to mount the disks?
SolMiester (139)
719923 2008-11-13 05:43:00 Thanks Sol

Was thinking of mounting in the two 5.25" bays that are free at the top of the case.
stormdragon (6013)
719924 2008-11-13 07:25:00 Yeah, good idea, couple of big SATA drives in there for storage. I have an old ML350 G2 also which only has 3 x 18GB SCSI in 4 bay backplane. I guess I'll have to add a PCI SATA controller for extra storage. I have copy of 2008 w\cals for it....

Hopefully your controller will have a connection for addition disk other than the backplane.
SolMiester (139)
719925 2008-11-13 18:13:00 Thanks Sol, if it is possible its certainly cheaper then upgrading all the sas drives which will make people really happy :). stormdragon (6013)
1