https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/scsi-lesson-please-split-backplane/m-p/3232092#M27250 You may want this for example if you want to put RAID 1 system drive and data drive on different SCSI channels for improved performance.<BR /><BR />Or you may want this to put mirrored drives on different SCSI channels to that if a SCSI channel fails the system still has a drive that is accessible. Mon, 29 Mar 2004 04:43:53 GMT Martin Breidenbach 2004-03-29T04:43:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/scsi-lesson-please-split-backplane/m-p/3232091#M27249 I have a DL380 that supports a split backplane. But I don't really understand what this does for me. If I understand correctly, the split backplane basically splits my smart array controller into two scsi channels. So my questions are, why would I do this, and what are the benefits of doing this. Thanks. Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:59:52 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/scsi-lesson-please-split-backplane/m-p/3232091#M27249 lrosales 2004-03-28T20:59:52Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/scsi-lesson-please-split-backplane/m-p/3232092#M27250 You may want this for example if you want to put RAID 1 system drive and data drive on different SCSI channels for improved performance.<BR /><BR />Or you may want this to put mirrored drives on different SCSI channels to that if a SCSI channel fails the system still has a drive that is accessible. Mon, 29 Mar 2004 04:43:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/scsi-lesson-please-split-backplane/m-p/3232092#M27250 Martin Breidenbach 2004-03-29T04:43:53Z