Extend VA7410

[Ulrich Tehrani]

Hello,


currently my VA7410 contains only 36 GB disks. Now i want to add 500GB to the VA. Someone from HP told me that you can't mix disks of a VA. My intention was to add bigger disks , e.g. 72 GB or even bigger.
Does anybody know if it is possibel to mix disks.
If yes which disks can i use ?


Thanks in advance

Uli

[Uwe Zessin · Accepted solution]

The user and service guide (A6183-96005) from January 2003 says you can do that.

- 18 GB 15K rpm
- 36 GB 10K rpm
- 36 GB 15K rpm
- 73 GB 10K rpm
- 73 GB 15K rpm (VA 7110 and VA 7410 only)
- 146 GB 10K rpm (VA 7110 and VA 7410 only)

[Karthik S S]

Yes, drives can be mixed capacity including the current supported capacities of 18/36/73GB.

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/products/disk_arrays/midrange/va7410/infolibrary/va7410_productbrief.pdf

-Karthik S S

[Ulrich Tehrani]

I think HP needs some money.

Thanks a lot for you replies.


Rgds

Uli

[Sijesh]

Hi,

VA7410 can support 105 disks, and a mix of all supported models.
72GB and 146GB 10K disks are supported.(146GB 15K is not supported).

Sijesh