Appendix B Configuring Raid Devices; Raid Hard Drive Maximum And Associated Storage Controller Options - HP Z440 Workstation Series Maintenance And Service Manual

B Configuring RAID devices
This appendix explains how to configure RAID arrays on your workstation.
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RAID hard drive maximum and associated storage controller options

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Supported RAID configurations
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Configuring Intel SATA RAID
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Configuring RAID on an LSI 2308 or LSI 9217-4i4e controller
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Configuring RAID on an LSI 9270-8i MegaRAID controller
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Software RAID solution
For additional information about RAID configuration, go to http://www.hp.com/support/RAID_FAQs.
RAID hard drive maximum and associated storage controller
options
This section lists the maximum number of hard drives supported on HP workstations according to RAID
configuration and storage controller options.
NOTE: This section applies to internal workstation configurations that do not use add-in cards and external
enclosures.
Z440
Z640
Z840
Hard Drives
SATA
8.5 mm 6.3 mm 8.5 mm
(3.5 in) (2.5 in) (3.5 in)
4 4 4
4 4 4
6 8 6
SAS
6.3 mm
RSTe LSI 2308
(2.5 in)
4 Yes
4 Yes
8 Yes
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Optional
LSI
LSI 9270-8i
9217-4i4e
— Yes Yes
— Yes Yes
Yes — Yes