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Ive never had a problem running sas and sata on same hp controller aslong as seperate raids.
But ive never "played" around with anything below p400.
The B110i is listed as SAS/SATA controller.
Id try asking the vendor/store nicely to change the 2tb sas for a 2tb sata, a bit cheaper and more...
Specs of server you got out of the box:
So it comes with HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller.
From the B110i specs
So you have a controller (hp calls all their controllers with raid ability for "smart array", sounds more fancy i suppose).
Id start with checking if the controller can...
Scored myself 5 of these with a 150$ each offer, havent decided on a controller yet tho.
"only" came out at 500$ shipping to norway for the 5 of them, something im fairly happy with as its normaly in the 200$+ range just for a empty case.
Im looking at doing a simular setup like this one exept...
any day now and its my time to join the 10tb+ in 1 system club :)
had to RMA my first norco-4020 as it started burning on one of the backplates and 3 others shorted out, but got a new one and time to start building!
if anybody has ever wondered how a toasted norco backplate looks like here...