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"Smart Array" is the name used by Hewlett-Packard's line of enterprise-grade RAID controllers.

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HP Smart Array; Is it possible to convert Raid1 to Raid0 by dropping a failed drive?

I have a server that was running two 60GB drives as a logical RAID1. At some point the second drive was physically removed and the logical drive has been in "Interim Recovery Mode" for several months now. There's no need for the redundancy of RAID1…
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HP SmartArray E200i - convert one non-RAID disk to RAID-1

Is it possible to convert one non-RAID disk to RAID-1 by adding a disk, without losing data or reinstalling Windows Server 2003? HP ACU cannot install, so I figured to do it from BIOS, but wanted to check with you guys. I am using HP ProLiant DL360…
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ways to limit disk IO utilization to raid array partition

I have a raid array partition that is under heavy load by an nfs server, recently it has failed a quite a few times and needed intervention while at 100% utilization. While I am determining the cause of the underlying problem, I would like to apply…
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HP Smart Array P812 HBA mode Masked Drives

I have an HP Smart Array P812 card flashed to HBA mode. Kernel patched Linux for this module, Ubuntu 22. Everything was working a week ago, I had passthrough of the drives, I even used them to test the setup and copied files, etc. It worked.…
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HP DL360 Gen 8 not recognizing SSDs

I have HP DL360 Gen 8 Server with P420i controller. I've populated it with 4x1TB HDDs and 2x1TB SSDs. HDDs are recognized correctly and they are visible in controller configuration tool (smart array), but SSDs not. Also the LED indicators on drive…
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How to force array rebuild on HP smart array (ssacli)

i recently replaced a failed drive on my HW RAID 5 array in my home server. i am running a custom built machine (read: built from whatever parts i thought might fit together). the HW RAID controller is a HP P420 card, running a 5x8TB RAID 5 array…
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HP ML350G9 and Smart Array installation

I have a HP ML350G9, with an array controller type 440ar. On the motherboard there are two 4xSATA-connectors, but when the 440ar is installed, it blocks those two ports. I found this guide of how to install the 440ar, and one step is to disconnect…
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HPE SSA : replace both HDD & bay in a logical volume

We have a HPE DL380p G8 server with smart array P420i in Slot 0. There are 4 drives in a RAID-10 array and 3 drives in a RAID-5 array. There is no spare drive. Yesterday one of the drives in RAID-10 array (in 1I:2:1) failed and we replaced it with…
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Cabling for SAS controller and SuperMicro BPN-SAS-825TQ

I´ve managed to get one of the SuperMicro low-end server to my lab. It is chassis 825TQ-R740LPB with a BPN-SAS-825TQ backplane. The specification document is saying, that this backplane is SAS compatible. But the server has a motherboard with only a…
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Re-Install Windows on Server with HP Smart Array

We have a server with an HP Smart Array 642 attached to it with a MSA20 enclosure, and want to format the OS and start over going from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2, however want to keep the data on the Array. The OS is installed on the local server…
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Linux doesn't boot when HP HBA controller is connected

I have an HP H240 Smart HBA. On Windows 10, it works without a problem, but any Linux I tested refuses to boot with a connected controller. Platform: AMD B450 (AM4, various processors) List of tested Linux distributions: Ubuntu Server 20.04, Ubuntu…
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Smart Array P812 External ports don't detect backplane with SAS HDDs

I've found some articles that P812 do not see SATA drives via external ports after updating firmware 5.14 and above. But I can't find any mentions about restrictions with SAS hard drives. (I have two P812 controllers,1-st with firmware ver 5.70 and…
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HPE SSA: After completing the configuration - reboot the system

From the HPE ProLiant System Utilities (BIOS) I booted into HPE Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) to migrate a logical drive with RAID6 (and existing data) to RAID5. After starting the migration task, which would need several hours to complete, the…
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Setting up raid hardware with out deleting data

so I have a home lab, and in the beginning, I started with only 1 DISK, and in the raid config, I bypassed the raid because I didn't have 2 disks to make a RAID 10 or 1, but now, I want some redundancy, and I want to install a new identical disk. My…
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Hp Proliant DL120 G7 won't show ORCA

I have on old server, HP Proliant DL120 G7. I configured it with 4 500GB Hard Disk in RAID 10. With this configuration I was able to enter in ORCA setup and the hard drives where connected. Then I changed the drives to 4 1TB Hard Disk. I wasn't able…
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