ML360 G5 --add 2 extra drives?

[John Albrektson]

My ML350 G5 is full (8 bays) off a P400 controller.  I want to add two more SATA drives in an aftermarket cage.  Is there ANY way to add a HP-approved controller that I can simply plug those drives into via a standard SATA cable (il.e., without Proliant backplane)?

I am doing exactly that with a RocketPoint Raid adapter that works fine *except* when it is time to boot the system on a HP bootable DVD, as the HP disk always hangs and I have to strip out NON-HP stuff to get the system updated.

Surely there is a HP approved controller that would work for those two extra drives?

[TVVJ]

There are SAS and SCSI HBAs for adding external storage without connecting them to the hard drive backplane in the server. You may try either of the following options:

SAS HBAs:

HP SC08Ge Host Bus Adapter

Quickspecs at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13082_na/13082_na.html

HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter

Quickspecs at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12617_na/12617_na.html

SCSI HBAs:

HP Smart Array 6400 Controller

Quickspecs at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11587_na/11587_na.html

HP Smart Array 642 Controller

Quickspecs at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12069_na/12069_na.html

Single Channel Ultra320 SCSI HBA

Quickspecs at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11943_na/11943_na.html

Regards,

Vijayasarathy