
Supported SAS RAID configurations
NOTE
This section does not apply to configuring RAID in the Linux environment. For RAID in
the Linux environment, configure SW RAID configurations as provided by Red Hat Enterprise
Linux.
Before setting up a RAID, the HP xw6400 Workstation requires:
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Up to 3 internal or external SAS hard disk drives
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Internal-to-external cable for external connections
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SAS to SATA data and power converter
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LSI MyStorage Utility for Windows
The following RAID configurations are supported on the HP xw6400 Workstation:
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RAID 0 – Striped disk array
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Two drives minimum
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Improved I/O performance
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No fault tolerance
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RAID 1 — Mirrored disk array
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Two drive minimum
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100% redundancy
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Can recover from single drive failure
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Improved read performance
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RAID 1E
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Three drives minimum
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Can be an odd number of drives
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Can always recover from a single drive failure and, in some cases, can recover from two drive
failures
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Appendix A Appendix A — SAS devices
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Summary of Contents for Xw6400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM
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Page 15: ...Figure 1 4 Serial number and COA label location ENWW Product features 5 ...
Page 22: ...12 Chapter 1 Product overview ENWW ...
Page 32: ...22 Chapter 2 Installing or restoring the operating system ENWW ...
Page 60: ...50 Chapter 3 System management ENWW ...
Page 69: ...Figure 4 2 System board block diagram ENWW System board components 59 ...
Page 108: ...98 Chapter 4 Removal and replacement procedures ENWW ...
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Page 160: ...150 Appendix B Appendix B SATA devices ENWW ...
Page 161: ...C Appendix C Connector pins ENWW 151 ...
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Page 173: ...E Appendix E Routine care ENWW 163 ...
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Page 186: ...Initial troubleshooting 176 Appendix G Appendix G Quick troubleshooting flowcharts ENWW ...
Page 187: ...No power No power part 1 ENWW No power 177 ...
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Page 193: ...Error messages Error messages part 1 ENWW Error messages 183 ...
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