topic Re: DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives

Allan Slater — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:14:16 GMT

Using this configuration will we get Ultra320 performance out of the DL380G3? We have seen the following article which causes us some doubt - does the reference to enclosure include the internal drive bays?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=316529&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=PSD_EX030325_CW01

Re: DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives

Jorge Pons — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:05:12 GMT

Hi

if you pluged those internal drives in 642 Controller, you will get Ultra320 Performance.

Jorge

Re: DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives

Allan Slater — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:27:06 GMT

the article seems to suggest it would fall back to Ultra2!! Anyone out there got this config and can confirm Ultra320 performance??

Re: DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives

Doug de Werd — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:11:00 GMT

it would only fall back to Ultra2 if you had an external enclosure that only goes up to Ultra2.

If you use the internal drive bays of the DL380, you will get Ultra320 speeds.

Thanks,
Doug

Re: DL380G3 with 642 controller and Ultra320 drives

Allan Slater — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:11:23 GMT

Resolved - we installed the drives and checked via HP management - the 5i attached drives were Ultra3 and the 642 attached were responding as Ultra320 - thanks