ML330 G3 Hard Drive Size Restriction?

[MLines]

Does anyone know if there are any restrictions on the size of an ATA drive that will work with the ML330? Quickspecs only mention up to 160gb - I want to know if anyone has had any problem running a larger drive (500gb) in this server with RAID turned on. Thanks!

[Steven Clementi]

Does HP supply a 500GB ATA drive for this model server? Usually, HP only "specs" the hardware they sell for a particualar server, not so much what the server can actually handle.


I would think that any newer server (within the past 2 years) would be able to handle a 500GB HDD, but I could be mistaken.

Support on the other hand might be slightly lacking if you decide to go with non standard HP hardware.


Steven

[MLines]

Let me ask it this way - is anyone running an ML330 G3 with ATA drives larger than 160gb in a RAID configuration using the onboard controller?

[Thomas N]

i did try to install 2x 250G IDE HD (same model) as individual drive (not Raid 1) as C: & D:
, the first 250G HD C: working normally, but the second 250G HD D: will freeze the maching during accessing, i don't know is the HD size problem or not (result is file system error but can be fixed by WinXp Chkdsk.exe)

[xxcfdrr]

My ML330 has been running for over a year with the following configuration:

(2) WD 80GB Drives RAID 1 Drive C:
(2) WD 250GB Drives RAID 1 Drive D:

[wvhernan]

I am also interested in using two (2) 500gb ATA drives with RAID 0 tured on. Can anyone confirm that it works. I would appreciate whatever help anyone can provide.