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

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Accidentally deleted wrong logical drive HP Smart Array P800 controller

I was tasked to do some rearranging on my company's HP Proliant storage server. In the p800 configuration utility I managed to delete the wrong logical disk, which was a 10 disk RAID 6 array. I'm just wondering if there's any way to recover that…
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Third-party SSD in Proliant g8?

Anyone having success with third-party SATA or SAS drives with Proliant G8's? I know the G7's were flaky and had BIOS issues. We're looking for real-world success stories with particular brands and models of enterprise-class SSDs. (We'd hoped to…
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HP DL380 G5 Predictive failure of a new drive

Consolidated Error Report: Controller: Smart Array P400 in slot 3 Device: Physical Drive 1I:1:1 Message: Predictive failure. We have an HP DL380 G5 server with two 72GB 15k SAS drives configured in RAID1. A couple weeks ago, the…
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Proliant DL360 Raid5 Hot Swap Drive

I have a DL360 G5 running WinSrvr2003 with a 3 drive (72GB) SAS Raid 5 array on P400i controller. The single array has two partitions. (OS and a data store) Drive 2 has failed and is off line (Amber lite and internittant beeps) I have replacement…
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Predictive failure on hot swappable drive

on a HP PROLIANT ML350 G5 server, one of 3 physical hot swappable drives in a Smart Array has a status of Predictive Failure and the amber light is flashing. Each drive is 146GB. In HP System management, I noticed that the drive that is failing…
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Slow parity initialization of RAID-5 array on HP Smart Array P411 controller

On 29th October 2011, I built a RAID-5 array using 4 x 146.8GB Seagate SAS ST3146855SS drives running at 15k connected to a PowerEdge R515 with HP Smart Array P411 controller running Windows 2008 (so nothing particularly unusual). I know that…
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How to find out more hardware details using only ESXi4.1 and (possibly) shell

Running ESXi4.1 on an HP machine, with only remote access to the host ssh shell and the vmware console (no iLO), is there a way to gather a hardware report from the server? I am specifically interested in finding out whether the disks are SAS or…
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Force LUN in a HP Smart Array to rebuild

I have a server that had a failed drive and a drive in Predictive Failure. I replaced the failed drive and it was rebuilding. root@linux:~ # hpacucli ctrl all show config Smart Array E200 in Slot 3 (sn: PA6C9%%BFTWZMV) array A (SAS,…
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RAID Array performance on an HP Proliant ML350 G5 Smart Array E200i

We have a client who is complaining about performance of an application which utilizes an MS SQL database. They do not believe the performance issues are the fault of the application itself. The Smart Array E200i RAID controller has 128MB cache and…
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SAS RAID5 Disk failure, replacement enclosure not matching

A SAS disk in RAID5 array failed yesterday and I'm about to replace it, however I noticed the front enclosure wasn't matching the rest of the disks. The array consists of 300GB 10K SAS disks with the left enclosure. I found a 300GB 10K SAS disk with…
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HP Smart Array P812 - Why is my Raid 60 gone?

I've got an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen7 with a Smart Array P812 which is connected to an MSA20 that houses 19 600GB drives. After my VMs didn't boot up, I checked my array config and 2 drives failed: => ctrl slot=1 logicaldrive 1 show Smart Array P812…
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Replace HP Smart Array RAID Controller with newer generation controller (e.g. 410 -> 420)

I have got a faulty P410 Smart Array Controller in my G6 ProLiant, so I decided to replace it. Since I want more flexibility, I choose not to replace it with just another P410, but the succeeding P420 (much of the SAAP-functionality comes with it at…
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Smart Array P420i controller replacement

I have two identical servers with Smart Array P420i One server has 4 physical drives, which form 2 logical drives (2 + 2 raid 1) Second server also has its raid configuration with two physical drives (one logical drive, raid 1) I put 4 drives from…
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SAS Expanders and Hp Smart Array HBA mode

I've recently purchased an HP DL360p G8 with a Smart Array P420i 1GB storage controller. As I'm using FreeNas, I've switched the controler to HBA mode. I was planning to buy an HP SAS expander, this one:…
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Hp Smart Array P420i HBA mode activity LEDs

I've purchased an HP DL360p G8 with a Smart Array P420i 1GB storage controller. As I'm using FreeNas, I've switched the controler to HBA mode, however now the G8 caddies (original ones) don't show per drive activity LEDs. Only the first slot is…
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