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10-19-2023 12:46 PM
10-19-2023 12:46 PM
MSA Drives in HPE server?
I have 24 1TB 7200RPM MSA drives, and 24 900GB 10K RPM drives. I was wondering if they can be used in HPE servers, especially in Gen10. Also, I've seen that third-party sites have the brackets for Gen10 servers, so another question would be if we can take the SAS drive out of the MSA bracket and put it in the server brackets. My concern is that the firmware on the drive is the compatibiliy issue and there's probably no way to change it.
I was hoping to use these drives to construct a TrueNas box with a 24-slot DL380 Gen10.
We decommissioned the MSA SANs when we put in a Nimble all-flash array and especially decomissioned the old fiber-channel infrastructure. The MSA chassis have already been recycled. I would think a Gen10 would be a much better option than all of the applance type NAS units out there like QNAP, Synology, etc.
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10-22-2023 11:20 PM
10-22-2023 11:20 PM
Re: MSA Drives in HPE server?
Hi There,
Thank you for reaching out.
The drives used in MSA are quite similar to the ones used in Gen10 servers. It's the drive firmware and the HDD backplane that is to be checked.
We'd suggest you to check the firmware compatibility with your server. Alternatively, you can log a support case with us.
If the main purpose of this setup is to run a NAS based solution, We would reccomend you to check - https://www.hpe.com/in/en/storage/storeeasy-file-storage.html#portfolio
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10-22-2023 11:32 PM
10-22-2023 11:32 PM
Re: MSA Drives in HPE server?
A disclaimer -
For using the same drives, you might have to delete the existing data and use them as a fresh drive.
Please maintain valid data backup.
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