HP Z1 G2 - RAID Hard Drive Maximum and Associated Storage Controller Options; Supported RAID Configurations

RAID hard drive maximum and associated storage controller
options
This section lists the maximum number of hard drives supported on HP workstations according to RAID
conguration and storage controller options.
NOTE: This section applies to internal workstation congurations that do not use add-in cards and external
enclosures.
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Max of 2 drives:
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2 x 2.5” (SFF HDD or SSD)
OR
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One 3.5” HDD (Using 3.5” HDD Carrier) plus one mSATA drive
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Max of 3 drives:
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2 x 2.5” SFF HDD or SSD (Using 2.5” HDD carrier) plus one mSATA drive
Supported RAID congurations
The following RAID congurations are supported:
RAID conguration details
Conguration Description Controllers
RAID 0
Integrated striped disk
array
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Requires a minimum of two drives.
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Provides improved I/O performance.
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Provides no fault tolerance.
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Loses all data if any disk in the array fails.
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Increases disk performance.
Intel with RST
RAID 1
Mirrored disk array
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Supports a minimum of two drives.
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Provides 100% redundancy: all data from one drive
is duplicated on a second drive.
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Recovers from a single-drive failure.
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Serves as a good entry-level redundant system.
Intel with RST
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