HP xw4400 Service And Technical Reference Guide

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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HP xw4400 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo
Chipset	Intel 975X
Memory	Up to 8 GB DDR2
Storage	SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro FX series
Operating System	Windows XP Professional
Expansion Slots	1 PCI Express x16, 1 PCI Express x1, 3 PCI
Ports	6 USB 2.0, 2 PS/2, 1 serial, 1 parallel, 1 RJ-45
Optical Drive	DVD-ROM