SATA Harddisk on Proliant ML310

[James Mohr]

Hi All!

I have a Proliant ML310 with an 80GB SATA hard diskl. I discovered that it is too small for what I want and I bought myself a 500GB SATA drive. The problem is that the only way to install is by sticking the drive into a special frame/enclosure/tray (whatever you call it). I have looked on the HP web site, googled dozens of other sites and I cannot find any place that sells them. Given a choice, I would prefer to use the 80GB for the system, databases, etc and use the 500GB for data. However, if necessary I was thinking about taking the 80GB out of the frame and using just the 500GB. That means re-installing everything, but it seems to be a necessary evil.

Both the 80GB and 500GB are Seagate Barracuda and as far as I can see the connectors are identical, so I am assuming (hoping) that the only thing I really need is the frame/tray. However, I cannot find one anywhere.

Any help, guidance, sympathy is welcome.

regards,

jimmo

[KarloChacon · Accepted solution]

so I think they are not HP Hard Drive right?

why you're not finding that enclosure imagine if that kind of enclosure was in the market a lot of people would buy cheaper hard drive right

so you need HP SATA Hard Drive
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/serial/sata/index.html


.... BUT reading reading and reading I got this
"If it is a SATA disk, spare part is 373211-001, not sure if it is ok for SCSI too"
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1043944

prices
http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/Search_Results.asp?mscssid=NVU1NT8EN4LC8L203TA1CG3NRM67BWW7&SearchInc=PartNumber
http://scsitray.stores.yahoo.net/prsahotswtr.html

I dont know if you wanna read like me

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1063616
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=860595
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1044050

I hope it was a little helpful

regards

[James Mohr]

Thanks for that answer! The part number seems to fit from what I found in the internet. Unfortunately, I cannot buy the tray directly from HP here in Germany (not in stock). I did find a few places that sold them, but they start at about 60â ¬. It would be cheaper to get a kit to convert it to a USB drive. I already installed the 500MB in the machine, so the 80GB is lying around doing nothing. If I bought a USB kit, at least I would have a way to use the drive.

Thanks also for the other links. It's nice to know others have the same problem if only to know that I am not alone. :-(

regards,

jimmo