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Chanklish
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Replace hdd with ssd

hello 

i have raid p430 with 4 600GB sas disks

how is it possible to replace the hdd with SSD (sata) without losing data ?

can i just replace one by one and wait for rebuilding ?

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Torsten.
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Re: replace hdd with ssd

No, you cannot mix HDD and SDD in a single array.

You may consider either add the SSD and clone the data or backup the data, swap all disks and restore your data.


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AmRa
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Re: replace hdd with ssd

Hi 

Yes, you cannot mix HDD (SAS/SATA) and SSD in a single array.

You can create new logical drive with SSD and clone the disk, or take restorable data backup from existing logical drive and restore the data backup on new logical drive create with SSD drives.

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Chanklish
Frequent Advisor

Re: replace hdd with ssd

why not ? it is not for a long period .. i want to replace them all 

Torsten.
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Re: replace hdd with ssd

>> Yes, you cannot mix HDD (SAS/SATA) and SSD in a single array.

It is simply not possible.


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DjLiLaLRSA
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Re: replace hdd with ssd

HPe is just being a bad company and forcing people to do things that will work anywhere else, but not in a HPe.

 

I have a 12+ year old Intel server, with 2 different controllers, the Intel SAS controller and a NEC SAS controller, and both allow me to do this. Even Windows allows it, but HPe have to be different.

 

I just cant believe how 1 amazing company, that made such good products, got so bad. I mean i still have clients with their old HP printers still running after a decade or more, and still printing great with supplies available, yet get a new HP printer, and you have to sign up to HP Smart to scan, the scanning is terrible, and the product feels like it is going to break in a week, its so plasticy and flimsy, same goes for their desktops and laptops, then for HPe up until Gen8 they had been the top server company, the company split and the huge drop in quality and innovation from HPe is disgusting. 

To this day i have hardly ever had any issues with G7 and lower generations, but every single Gen8 and up i have problems with all the time, and there are some clients still using G6 servers, that never have a days issue. HP and HPe is now the joke of the IT world.