topic DL360 Gen9 8SFF max Smart Arrays in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

DL360 Gen9 8SFF max Smart Arrays

MSMonteiro — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:00:54 GMT

Hello everyone.

Machine: DL360 Gen9 8SFF w P440ar with 2 SAS 15k drives.
Considering adding new SSD drives.

Questions:

Do I need to consider a new Smart Array Controller? I know P440ar supports SSD.
Does DL360 Gen9 supports more than one Smart Array Controller? If it does support, makes sense using two controllers?
If it does support, how the two controllers know which disks from the 8 slots to use?

Thank you in advance

Torsten. — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:28:41 GMT

The backplane must be connected to a single controller.

You can install SSDs in the remaining slots.

You may consider another controller and an external disk chassis for more additional disks.

MSMonteiro — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:42:03 GMT

The awnser would be the same if I was talking about a DL380?

Torsten. — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:03:01 GMT

A single backplane belongs to a single controller.

An additional backplane may be connected to another controller.