HP ProLiant DL2000 server technologies

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The DL2000 has an embedded SATA controller that supports hot

-plug (with advanced pack) so there

is no need to use a slot for hot-plug SATA RAID. The controller supports RAID0, RAID1, and RAID10

with six SATA connections to the drives. The DL2000 also supports the latest HP Smart Array disk

controllers in a PCIe slot for hardware-based SAS and SATA RAID.

You can have the highest spindle count per node when you use two 2U nodes and the 24 SFF disk

drive cage. In this configuration, each node supports 12 SFF disk drives, which requires a Smart

Array Controller and SAS Expander card. If you need more nodes rather than the highest spindle

count, you can use four 1U nodes and the 24 SFF cage with six drives per node.

Maximum drive support per node is as follows:

 1U half-width node: 6 SFF or 2 LFF drives per node

 2U half-width node: 12 SFF (with SAS Expander Card and Smart Array) or 4 LFF drives per node