RAID 5 Configuration - Parity Array
Minimum of 3 SATA hard drives needed. All
SATA hard drives must be identical
(size/speed/type/bus/functional capabilities).
Must have 3 or 4 HD Drives. 5 HD Drives not
allowed.
Not factory
integrated
32-Bit, 64-Bit
Not supported
*RAID not available with Xeon 5472 or 5482 processors.
Controllers
Windows Vista
i
Windows XP
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s controller With
RAID 0 (IS*), RAID 1(IM**), RAID 10(IME***)
capability
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5 –
no hardware
RAID
Integrated SAS controller With RAID 0 (IS*),
RAID 1(IM**), RAID 10(IME***) capability
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5 –
no hardware
RAID
LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP 8-port, PCIe
SAS RAID Controller
32-Bit, 64-Bit
(RAID 5, 10 not
supported)
32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP SAS Back Panel Connector kit (Must have
4 or fewer SAS hard drives to configure this
option)
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5 -
no hardware
RAID
LSI RAID Definitions:
* IS: Striping of 2 or more HDDs into a single logical volume
** IM: Mirroring of 2 HDDs into a single logical volume
*** IME: Mirroring of 3 or more HDDs into a single logical volume
NOTE:
Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux
system. Please visit:
http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix for details
.
HP Memory
-
One of the following
DDR2-667 ECC Fully Buffered DIMMs
Windows Vista
i
Windows XP
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
HP 512 MB (1x512 MB) PC2-5300F
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 1 GB (2 x 512 MB) PC2-5300F
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) PC2-5300F
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) PC2-5300F
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) PC2-5300F
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 16 GB (8 x 2 GB PC2-5300F (utilizes riser
- converts 8 DIMM slots into 16)*
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 32 GB (16 x 2 GB) PC2-5300F (utilizes
riser - converts 8 DIMM slots into 16)*
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 64 GB (16 x 4 GB) PC2-5300F (utilizes
riser - converts 8 DIMM slots into 16)*
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 128 GB (16 x 8 GB) PC2-5300F (utilizes
riser - converts 8 DIMM slots into 16)**
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
DDR2-800 ECC Fully Buffered DIMMs
HP 4 GB (4x1 GB) DDR2-800 ECC Fully
Buffered DIMM
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
HP 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2-800 ECC Fully
Buffered DIMM
32-Bit, 64-Bit 32-Bit, 64-Bit
WS 4 & 5
QuickSpecs
HP xw8600 Workstation
Standard Features - Custom Components
DA - 12849 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 10 — 6.1.2008
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