HP xw8600 manual Can be Either Sata or SAS, SAS Hard Drive

QuickSpecs

HP xw8600 Workstation

Standard Features - Custom Components

1-5 Hard Disk Drives – Up to 5 SATA drives, 5 SAS* drives, or 6 SAS Small Form Factor (SFF)* drives

SATA Hard Drive (if 1st drive is SATA, 2nd drive		Windows Vista	Windows XP	Red Hat
can be EITHER SATA or SAS)				Enterprise Linux
80 GB 7200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s drive		32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
160	GB 7200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s NCQ* drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
250	GB 7200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s NCQ* drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
500	GB 7200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s NCQ* drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA 3.0 Gb/s NCQ* drive		32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
80 GB 10K rpm SATA NCQ* drive		32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
160	GB 10K rpm SATA NCQ* drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
160	GB 10K rpm SATA NCQ** drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
SAS Hard Drive		Windows Vistai	Windows XP	Red Hat
(8 port SAS Controller included on the system				Enterprise Linux
board)
146	GB 10K rpm Small Form Factor SAS 3.0	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
Gb/s drive
73 GB 10K rpm Small Form Factor SAS 3.0		32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
Gb/s drive
73 GB 15K rpm SAS 3.0 Gb/s drive		32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
146	GB 15K rpm SAS 3.0 Gb/s drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5
300	GB 15K rpm SAS 3.0 Gb/s drive	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	WS 4 & 5

* NCQ (Native Command Queuing) not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Factory Integrated RAID* on motherboard for SATA and SAS drives All RAID arrays must be less than 2 TB in size

	Windows Vistai	Windows XP	Red Hat
			Enterprise Linux
RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	Not supported
Minimum of 2 hard drives needed. All hard
drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 2, 3 or 4 HD Drives.
RAID 0 Configuration - Data Array	Not factory	32-Bit, 64-Bit	Not supported
Minimum of 3 SATA hard drives needed. All	integrated
hard drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
At least 3 HD Drives required. May have 4th and
5th HD Drives. Drives must be the same drive
(size/speed/type/functional capability).
RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array	32-Bit, 64-Bit	32-Bit, 64-Bit	Not supported
2 SATA or 2 SAS hard drives required. All hard
drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
RAID 10 Configuration - Striped/Mirrored Array	Not factory	32-Bit, 64-Bit	Not supported
4 hard drives needed. All hard drives must be	integrated
identical (size/speed/type/bus/functional
capabilities). Must have 4 HD Drives.

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