Which LSI SAS to use with HPZ840 and Ultrium 15000 external tape drive

[chrisangel]

Greetings.  I just purchased:

HPZ840 workstation

HP Ultrium 15000 external tape drive

LSI 9217-4i4e 8 port SAS 6gbs card

The drive works fine (ran it thru Tape tools) however when copying files from the Tape drive to SanDisk SSD drive tt copies very very slow compared to two other setups I have.  One with the Z640.    The Z640 copies files at 25-30 mbps while the 840 copies at 3-10 mbps????? why?

Both workstations are dedicated solely to copying .dpx files to SSD. 

Both workstations run on Windows 10

Both workstations have the latest drivers and both Ultrium 15000's have the latest firmware P351

in the compatibility matrix it states both the Z640 and Z840 can use the LSI card I installed

Thoughts?

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. HPE StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS Tape Drive - Troubleshooting

2. HPE Ultrium - Troubleshooting for the Ultrium 448 SAS

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[chrisangel]

thanks for the reply but I am only interested in the following hardware:

HPZ840 workstation

HP Ultrium 15000 external tape drive

LSI 9217-4i4e 8 port SAS 6gbs card

[ksram]

Hi @chrisangel,

We understand your concern.

Since the Firmware are Drivers are already updated, it may need further checking.

Logs may needs to be reviewed. So, the best would be to log Case with HPE

Thank you
RamKS

[chrisangel]

Thanks but I just took the time to reinstall the components and delete then
reinstall all the drivers again and everything is fine.







Chris

[ksram · Accepted solution]

@chrisangel,

Thats great! Perfect!

Please feel free to contact us if any assistance / questions.

Thank you
RamKS