The plan is two RAID 10 arrays made with 600GB 15K drives.
The reason I’m asking the question is this server will be remote as I’m taking a job in another state and just want to get all my projects done before I leave.
Hello everyone,
I like to get some inputs...
Let's assume I have 2 identical servers, identical in every way, except for the RAID card. The drives are the same and in the same configuration.
One card has 1GB of cache and the other 4GB. The files being written to the drives are "smallish"...
I have a new HPE MR416i-p RAID card, this is a Broadcom 9560-16i with HPE firmware. I attempted to use this on my Intel S2600STBR board, it is a no go as the Intel BIOS does not have a driver for it. It does come with a SAS cable too. Again, this was new and purchased from an IT company in...
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So, before I brick my HPE P430 card, can it be flashed with the P440 firmware and if it can, is there any advantage to doing so?
Thanks
Ray
The motherboard has oculink connections on it and I do have the configuration plug. I will try direct attachment to the board.
The RAID card does seem to be the bottleneck as I tried RAID 1 with SAS SSD drives and they were the clear winner. Mind you these test were all done by “gut feel”, but...
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I’d like to hear some experiences with NVMe drives in RAID 1 vs 15K SAS drives in RAID 1. I am not seeing much of a performance difference between the drives. As an fyi, the RAIDs were created on a Dell H755. I had assumed the NVMe drives would be way faster and they’re not...
I wanted to post an update, I found two low profile SlimSAS to oculink cables. The .5m one is LP-2033-OCU and the 1m one is LP-1978-OCU. These are sold by Micro SATA Cables. I purchased the .5m one on Amazon, and can happily say it worked fine. The server is an Intel S2600STBR mounted in an...
I wanted to post an update, I found two low profile SlimSAS to oculink cables. The .5m one is LP-2033-OCU and the 1m one is LP-1978-OCU. These are sold by Micro SATA Cables. I purchased the .5m one on Amazon, and can happily say it worked fine. The server is an Intel S2600STBR mounted in an...
I’m using sas drives. I do have an Intel hotswap bay that uses SFF-8643s to feed the NVMe drives. This bay uses x2 NVMe drives, the drives I have our x4s, will they work?
I'm thinking it could be the cabling...
I want to try the H755P in my Intel server with NVMe SSDs but the cabling I'm using will probably not support it. My understanding is the white SFF-8643s support NVMe drives, black do not. Again, I've been told (thank you Broadcom) that is an industry...
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share my experience of a Dell H755P adapter in a Non-Dell server.
Obviously the phrase of your mileage may vary holds here.
I am using the H755P in an Intel S2600STBR board in an Intel P4000xmuxx chassis. The OS is server 2019. I am using an Intel RAID...
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I have an HPE P840 in an Intel server and it’s working well. What more could I have asked for, 4GB cache and a Microsemi chip, but there is a however, the card is connected by a 3 pin cable to the motherboard on a HP server to supply power to the cache on power failure. Is...
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I'd like to get some opinions before I move on building this server. I have a choice of doing a RAID 1 with a Dell H740P which has 8 GB of cache or RAID 1E with an Adaptec 81605ZQ which has 1 GB of cache. RAID 1E touts a 2x read and write speed gain, while RAID 1 touts a 2x...
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