topic Re: SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives

Keith Romberg — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:41:02 GMT

What type of drives are compatible with the controller? I can not seem to find it in any of the SmartArray documentation I have found so far.

Keith

Re: SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives

Igor Karasik — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:27:36 GMT

See Smart Array 5300 Controller QuickSpecs,
Hard Drives part:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10640_div/10640_div.html#Options

Re: SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives

Keith Romberg — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:20:25 GMT

So I if I read it right, it supports Ultra3, Ultra2 and Wide-Ultra (SCSI-3) LVD (Low Voltage Differential) and SE (Single Ended) drives?

Keith

Re: SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives

Igor Karasik — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:38:47 GMT

Yes.
You can use new Ultra320 drives as well,
it will work as Ultra3.

Re: SmartArray 5300 Compatible Drives

John Dongworth — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:11:19 GMT

be careful with array controllers and maximum configurable array sizes.....

5300 with an MSA30 disk enclosure(14 drives) of 300Gb (U320) size = max array size 800GB not 1.4Tb (the max size of the disks in the MSA). This assumes some kind of RAID config on the MSA though.

You would need to create additional arrays to use the rest of the space and span disks across the arrays for maximum ammount of usable space within your OS. This then does away with any sort of hardware RAID redundancy though, not a good idea! :)

If using it internally on a server with, say, 6 disks max this should not be an issue. Something to be aware of though.