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Finally got this puppy working good on 2008 r2.. have a 4.5 tb partition through GUID partition (allows for >2tb).
This machine does not support UEFI, so you can't make your boot drive a GUID Parititon which allows for >2tb. I carve 64gb of the raid for the boot and the rest in another...
You probably dont want the p411... its external connector only
If you have external enclosure, the 212 + memory will be good also
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html
I had a dual and quad port intel nic, but unfortunately they're x4 slots.. can't use them.
trade off would be either a raid card or a nic card..
I got my raid 6 advanced pack today also.. thing is sweeet.. now I can get rid of my 1u server that eats 550w
Scratch this idea.. the sas cable that goes to the back plane is like glued in.. non removable looks like ill need a p212 or p410 card first..
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Found a spare p400 controller.. gonna order the cable while I sell the E500 (external only). Buddy just told me he works at hp and can get me...
So I have that p411 which has 2 external SAS.. I can sell that or just get the external 8088 into the internal 8087 and route it in the expansion slot.. haha..
didnt think they made this.. but it'll look ugly.. i guess ill be ebaying off the p411...
Just got mine this morning, it looks like the backplane is just sata cables.. might be able to use other types of controller.. I have some 3ware that uses those 32pin sas cable that branchs to 4 sata.. ill have to test those out.
Nice, ill see what I can grab.. a 212 or a 410.. I have other raid cards but nothing for internal port. I do have license for raid6 that I can use, but I doubt ill go 6, unless I got 5 drives on it. Maybe if I have an external port off one of the hp cards, ill put up a sas enclosure.. sweet.
Great, thanks for the info, I was also looking at the P212, is the raid 5 option on the cache card or its like the other raid card, software bios activiate ?
The website says 256MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC) module for RAID 5, 5+0. but I wasn't 100% sure.. let me know, thanks..