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Alex044
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| Posted on March 23 2011 08:32 |
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I want to put a SAS controller on rx2660 Integrity server, but what is the right card:
HP Integrity Smart Array P400 SAS Controller PCIe
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HP Smart Array P400 8-Port 256MB SAS RAID Controller
Thanks
Alex |
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eMGee
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| Posted on April 30 2011 06:10 |
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Both sound like the same thing to me, just different descriptions... |
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R Price
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| Posted on May 01 2011 08:56 |
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The first description specifies PCIe.
Does the R2660 have PCIe expansion slots, or just PCI/PCI-X?
Edited by R Price on May 01 2011 08:57 |
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imiller
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| Posted on May 02 2011 23:31 |
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That's a very modern system for a hobbyist. The rx2660 has a choice of i/O so it can be all PCI-X or a combination of PCI express and PCI-X
http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/w1/en/entry-class/rx2660-specifications.html
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eMGee
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| Posted on May 04 2011 14:15 |
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R Price wrote:
The first description specifies PCIe.
The second doesn't specify anything. So, what's your point?
Does the R2660 have PCIe expansion slots, or just PCI/PCI-X?
It depends on your card cage obviously, PCI-X (3 slots) only or PCie (2 slots) and PCI-X (1 slot) mostly, from what I've gathered from the freely available manuals.
imiller wrote:
That's a very modern system for a hobbyist.
Indeed, that's one of the first things that struck me. As they say in Dutch, perhaps it was van de vrachtwagen gevallen.
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R Price
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| Posted on May 04 2011 17:03 |
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eMGee wrote:
R Price wrote:
The first description specifies PCIe.
The second doesn't specify anything. So, what's your point?
No point. I have heard of a few cases where people overlook that little "e" and buy a PCIe card instead of PCI or vice versa and end up with something that isn't what they wanted. It would be disappointing to buy a nice RAID card and have it not fit. Maybe it isn't an issue here.
Sounds like a nice system at any rate, whatever expansion cage it has. I wish I was in a position to need to ask what parts are suitable for something like that. |
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