Anybody know if HP plans on support 3TB HD's on the P800?

[rdnkjdi]

I just got an MSA60 with a P800 full of 3TB HP HD's.  I was kinda bummed that it only recognizes 2TB of it ... anybody know if HP plans on upping the support hard drive size soon?

[Jan Soska]

Hello,

according quickspecs for P800 at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12616_div/12616_div.html it seems rumors could be real - there is no 3TB drive in support matrix.

Jan

[Jan Soska]

on the other hand - I saw 3TB compatibility with e200 - much less power controller, so maybe you coud try.

Jan

[rdnkjdi]

I've tried and the array is built - just limited to 2tb per HD...

[q7joey]

this seems to apply to the e500 as well. i would guess these are all based on similar lsi chips under the hood. it would be nice to get an official hp response. i'm working with lsi directly on a similar aged sas hba card which shows the same issue, and so far they don't seem to be offering a firmware fix, so i wouldn't be surprised if the hp branded cards will be stuck at 2tb as well.