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 can be EITHER SATA or SAS)
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Red Hat
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
(8 port SAS Controller included on the system
board)
Windows Vista
i
Windows XP
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
146 GB 10K rpm Small Form Factor SAS 3.0
Gb/s drive
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
73 GB 10K rpm Small Form Factor SAS 3.0
Gb/s drive
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
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 Vista
i
Windows XP
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array
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.
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
Not supported
RAID 0 Configuration - Data Array
Minimum of 3 SATA hard drives needed. All
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).
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit
Not supported
RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array
2 SATA or 2 SAS hard drives required. All
hard drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
Not supported
RAID 10 Configuration - Striped/Mirrored
Array
4 hard drives needed. All hard drives must be
identical (size/speed/type/bus/functional
capabilities). Must have 4 HD Drives.
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit
Not supported
QuickSpecs
HP xw8600 Workstation
Standard Features - Custom Components
DA - 12849 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 10 — 6.1.2008
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