HP XW8400 Quickspecs

Factory Integrated
RAID on motherboard for
SATA and SAS drives
Windows Vista Windows XP Red Hat Linux
RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array
Minimum of 2 hard drives needed. All hard drives
must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 2,3, or 4 HD Drives. 750 GB HDD not
supported. 3rd HD Drives can not be 500 GB.
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit Not supported
RAID 0 Configuration - Data Array
Minimum of 3 SATA hard drives needed. All hard
drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
At least 3 HD Drives required. May have 4th and
5th HD Drives. Drives must be the same drive
(size/speed/type/functional capability). 4th HD
Drive can not be 750 GB. 5th HD Drive can not be
500 GB.
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit Not supported
RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array
Minimum of 2 SATA or 2 SAS hard drives needed.
All hard drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 2 and only 2 HD Drives.
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit Not supported
RAID 10 Configuration - Striped/Mirrored Array
Minimum of 4 hard drives needed. All hard drives
must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 4 HD Drives.
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit Not supported
RAID 5 Configuration - Parity Array
Minimum of 3 SATA hard drives needed. All SATA
hard drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 3 or 4 HD Drives. 5 HD Drives not
allowed. If SATA only 80 GB or 160 GB drives
allowed. If SAS, controller card required.
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit Not supported
Controllers Windows Vista Windows XP Red Hat Linux
Integrated SATA 3.0Gb/s controller (RAID levels 0,
1, 10, 5)
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit WS 3 & WS 4-
no hardware RAID
Integrated SAS controller (RAID levels 0, 1, 10) 32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit WS3 & WS4-
no hardware RAID
HP SAS Back Panel Connector kit (No internal SAS
hard drives can be ordered with this option)
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit WS 3, W S4
QuickSpecs
HP xw8400 Workstation
Standard Features - Custom Components
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HP XW8400 Specifications

General

Processor Speed	Up to 3.0 GHz
Chipset	Intel 5000X
Power Supply	800W
Form Factor	Tower
Processor	Intel Xeon (Dual-core or Quad-core)
Memory	Up to 32 GB DDR2
Storage	SATA or SAS Hard Drives
Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro
Expansion Slots	2 PCI Express x16, 2 PCI
Operating System	Windows XP Professional
Optical Drive	DVD-ROM
USB Ports	7 USB 2.0
Network	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet