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HP Smart Array

HP Smart Array

HP Smart Array

HP Smart HBA Gen9

 

G6 and G7

Gen8 controllers

Gen9 controllers

controllers

 

controllers

 

(RAID mode)

(HBA Mode)

 

 

 

 

 

priority, and

 

 

 

 

accelerator ratio

 

 

 

 

Set the spare

+

+

+

–

activation mode

 

 

 

 

Set the stripe size

+

+

+

–

Set the surface scan

+

+

+

–

delay

 

 

 

 

Set the preferred

+2

+

+

–

controller for a

 

 

 

 

logical drive (in

 

 

 

 

systems that support

 

 

 

 

redundant

 

 

 

 

controllers)

 

 

 

 

Share a spare drive

+

+

+

–

among several

 

 

 

 

arrays

 

 

 

 

Removing a drive

+/–2

+

P-Series only

–

from an array

 

 

 

 

(restripe the data on

 

 

 

 

an array to occupy

 

 

 

 

fewer physical

 

 

 

 

drives, then remove

 

 

 

 

the excess drives

 

 

 

 

from the array)

 

 

 

 

Specify the size of

+

+

+

–

the logical drive

 

 

 

 

Split a RAID 1 array

+/–

+

+

–

or recombine a split

 

 

 

 

array (offline only)

 

 

 

 

Split mirror backup

–

+

+

–

and rollback of RAID

 

 

 

 

1, 1+0, 1 (ADM)

 

 

 

 

and 10 (ADM)

 

 

 

 

mirrors

 

 

 

 

1Scripting is the most efficient method for this task.

2The task is supported only from the Configuration screen.

Array configuration

Array configuration guidelines

Remember the following factors when you build an array:

•All drives grouped in a logical drive must be of the same type (for example, either all SAS or all SATA and either all hard drives or all solid state drives).

•For the most efficient use of drive space, all drives within an array should have approximately the same capacity. Each configuration utility treats every physical drive in an array as if it has the same capacity

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