Retain existing data with HP 24 Bay 3Gb SAS Expander Card?

[David Dimbleby]

Hi.

We have an HP DL380 G7, an existing drive cage with 8 x SAS disks and a P410i embedded RAID controller (512MB).  We are installing a second drive cage with another 4 x SAS disks and using an HP 24 Bay 3Gb SAS Expander Card to facilitate this.

As both drive cages will now be cabled through the SAS Expander Card, I just wanted to be sure that the existing Server data held on the 8 x SAS disks will remain intact and the disk configurations won't get overwritten etc?

Thanks.

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[Sbrown · Accepted solution]

Yes it should work just fine! Just be sure to shutdown the array properly to avoid cache'd remnants! And backup always!

[Sbrown]

I'd by the way install another P410/1gb FBWC and directly wire that to the second chassis and use two volumes. the performance would be far greater this way!

[Renjiv]

Yes.. that is correct.

David Dimbleby,  if in case you need the part number for P410/1G FBWC complete kit .. here it is:

572532-B21 - HP Smart Array P410/1G FBWC 2-ports Int PCIe x8 SAS Controller

Regards,

Renji V

[David Dimbleby]

Excellent - No longer happy with the SAS Expander Card option and ordering the RAID as we speak!  Thanks