HP xw6400 User Manual

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 xw6400 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel 5000X
Storage	SATA or SAS hard drives
Power Supply	650W
Memory	Up to 16 GB DDR2
Expansion Slots	2 PCIe x16
Network	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System	Windows XP Professional
Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro FX series