https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889530#M22115 In an EVA minimum no. of HDDs for a disk group is 8.<BR /><BR />Preferably diskgroups should have HDDs in multiples of 8.<BR /><BR /><BR /> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:20:55 GMT The Spartan 2006-10-30T22:20:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889528#M22113 Have EVA 8000 populated with 146GB FC disks. Want to add a new disk group for FATAs. FATAs are installed and show up but CommandView (5.x) won't let me create a new group.<BR /><BR />Attempt to create a new group give the following error: "There are not enough disk drives to create a disk group"<BR /><BR />??? Suzanne<BR /> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:43:10 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889528#M22113 Suzanne_20 2006-10-30T20:43:10Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889529#M22114 Found answer - minimum for disk group = 8 .. Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:49:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889529#M22114 Suzanne_20 2006-10-30T20:49:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889530#M22115 In an EVA minimum no. of HDDs for a disk group is 8.<BR /><BR />Preferably diskgroups should have HDDs in multiples of 8.<BR /><BR /><BR /> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:20:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/eva-8000-adding-new-group/m-p/3889530#M22115 The Spartan 2006-10-30T22:20:55Z