Configuring Raid Devices; Maximum Hard Drive Configurations - HP Z400 Maintenance And Service Manual

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Configuring RAID devices

This chapter describes how to configure SAS and SATA RAID devices, and includes these topics:
Maximum hard drive configurations on page 207
Configuring SATA RAID devices on page 208
Configuring SAS RAID devices on page 211
For additional information about configuring RAIDs, see http://www.hp.com/support/RAID_FAQs. For
information about preparing the workstation for RAID configuration, see
workstation_manuals.

Maximum hard drive configurations

This section lists the maximum number of hard drives supported on HP workstations for RAID
configurations.
NOTE: This section applies to internal workstation configurations that do not use add-in cards and
JBODs.
TIP:
Use the table values to determine workstation-specific maximum number of hard drives as
discussed the sections below.
Table 7-1 Maximum hard drives
Workstation
Z800
Z600
Z400
Small form factor hard drive
*
ENWW
Topics
SATA hard drive
SATA SFF
hard drive
5
3
4
SAS hard drive
*
6 5
4 3
4 4
Maximum hard drive configurations
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