Setting Up Disk Array's - HPE Smart Storage Administrator - 1158

Hi, i want to delete the RAID, recreate the RAID and perform a BMR after that(i have backup my data already). Do i need to erase the disks somehow before deleting the RAID or the RAID deletion is enough to get ride of the old data?

hi, good video. i have one question. really can be make a backup of arrays? or of the logical drive?, in the SSA, my server is a proliant hpe dl g9. thanks

Thank You!! This video was very helpful for a beginner like me.

You save me thanks 👍 upload more video on HPE SERVER.

hello my name is Pietro i have a problem , i can not configure on hp proliant ml 10 v2 server the raid does not let me enter with f5 on the controller for configuration .
I need if you have the disk I have iso image of hp storage administrator ofline for configuration could you help me?

Very Nice (Thank You)... Which version of the "Smart Storage Administrator" were you using. I was hoping you would hit the pull down arrow next to the name, showing the version of the software... I'm trying to upgrade a DL380pGen8 Server from"HPE's SSA v.2.65.7.0 to SSA v.4.15.6.0"... their latest version can only run as a WEB Enabled App (will not allow it to be installed ~ upgrading my SSA v.2.65.7.0) (?)

awesome video, I'm very happy to be one of your followers, after one year of this video release, I'm finally are going to buy a used hp dl380 g9 8sff, i have multiple question from you, i really appreciate your help, first is how loud it would be under moderate load, i know it is very noisy in booting sequence, for two or three minutes, how loud would it be in other situations, I'm planning on putting this in my room, it would not be on 24/7, i need it be that quite that i could do my labs with it, the other questions is using non hp certified storage, like you did in this video, with Samsung drives, in the server, I've heard and read that because of miscommunication between ILO and ssd storage (in general non hp certified storage) in this situation, the ILO is not able to get the temperature data from SSDs and in return the ILO would speed the fans up, even there are no reason for that, temperature wise, is it true?, i really like to use consumer SSDs like evo series on my hp server(i haven't bought it yet) without getting deaf from the server's fan noise, your answer and experience would mean a lot to me🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
edits:
for record my raid controller would be p440ar 2g
by hp certified i meant having hp firmware in it.

Hello, I'd like to know if it's possible to change a failing physical drive witch is in a RAID 1 without loosing all data.

"Box 3" states for Internal cage number free :) Becasue this 24 Small Form Factor cage server version can have 4 sections. 3 available from face (3 sections containing 8-disk bays) and 1 rear section (for 2x SFF). So in your case - right section is called "box 3" :)
and ADG - states for Advanced Data Guard
And I would suggest to boot from SSDs (as a target for OS) ;) And make them as RAID-6 ADG than RAID-5 + spare. Almost identicall performance but twice as much security. In the same time 2 disks can fail. But in fact SSDs are not good for RAID-5 or RAID-6. Should be mirrored RAID-0. So => RAID-10.

Great channel and video!

Do you know if it is possible to install several hard disks that already contain information on server without losing data each one HDD contain? (All HDDs have ntfs) partitions

Thank you so much.

Very helpfull

Good morning, thanks for your lesson.
I have a HP Gen 8 MicroServer with 4 drives (2 with 1TB each and 2 with 2TB each). I mounted an array and logical drive raid with the 2 1TB and have done the same with the 2 2TB.
One of the 2TB disk broken and i have replaced it hopping the data would be rebuilt. On this server i have Windows server 16 and WS16 don't show the logical drive or the folders on it.
In order the server rebuild the information what must I do, please?
I thank You for instructions You can give me

Good morning
I try to install windows 2016 and 2019 serveur but thé os does not detect thé drive disk

Hi i have some problème with m'y HP ml 310 gen 8 v2
By the past i have congurated in raid1 with 2 hd of 1TB and installed win serv 2016 standard édition, there IS 2 weeks m'y tevhnician try to install vmware exsi 6.7 by recreated raid1 and formated that pass and get to install vmware exsi 6.7 when finish and reboot the server show 1785 drive array not configured and no drives found..
HD IS HP smart dinamic rai B120i array .
I try a lot the same message appear .
Please help me

So we can't modify a array like a software raid ?

God aften, If the Windows version of HPE Smart Storage Administrator is downloaded and installed on a production Windows 2019 server, will it simply discover the existing array configuration with no disruption to production? Tak skal du have

thanks alot

hello, I found your video a very great one. and I just want to ask if is it possible to install different application on each array and run them together? It was happened that my company had two system and want to install it in each array and run them..

Hi

Hi Morten, do you or anyone who watch your videos know what the max hard drive size is for an HP MSA60?

I'm trying to reduce my power usage. I have 4 MSA60s full of 4, 5, & 6TB hard drives. As anyone can image my electricity bill is as much as my house payment during the Summer. That's not sustainable for a home tinkerer!

Today the 3rd 18TB drive arrived and works perfectly connected to the on board SATA controller of HP Z420 & Z440. What's the best way to connect 9 of them externally? An external case for single drive works for sneaker netting but I will never use USB external cases ever again! The most unreliable and irretating method for over 120TB of 4TB drive storage.

I'm planning on setting up my hp with proxmox and run trueNAS as one vm, trying to figure out how should i config the raid, i think truenas will complain if it is already striped .. any tips?

Turned on this video and went to get a cup of coffee from the kitchen, then hears you say "look at the graphics, look at the graphics" so I instinctively ran to my computer to look at the graphics!

This raid setup sounds great for windows sever installation ie two disks mirrored for OS and remaining three for raid 5 for data.
What is recommended raid setup for esxi installation. Obviously we can use internal USB flash to boot esxi server and 3 drives for raid 5.

Nice video, when one disk failed and replace, the information will rebuild automatically? or i need to enter to smart storage administrator and assign the disk?

I have to say that I find HP stuff quite sexy, they are nidcely made machines.

That's cool, thanks for going into the details... Don

Do you have the same experience with the capacitors? I just bought a dl380g8 and added a capacitor-pack to the raid-controller (has cost me only 5€).

Hi, the esxi SSA tool is also amazing!
Maby a good short movie idea?
To show how to preforme tasks without a reboot of the system.

So is this the first time you really dive into the HP controllers? You should check out the P400 and P800 series cards as well. I like them a lot for SAS mix matching storage arrays. (NetApp, EMC and so on including HP 3PAR) They just don't care what SAS hardware you connect. The controllers just uses the disks in any format.... Plus you have the Windows admin tools to boot.

copy data from raid to ZFS or CEPH
Delete raid and never go back.
Save money, time and your data.
10 years going strong, 19 drive failures/replacement to bigger drive and not a single bit lost. And I know... because ZFS knows... because...checksums-

Mine doesn't detect the drives 😞

Thanks for your complete explanation

I see you managed to fix the firmware thing great stuff👍

ZFS allows you to mix SAS and SATA drives in the same VDEV.

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