ML 110 G6 with 2x WD Red 4TB ?

donraka · 29 May 2017 at 22:21

Hello,

I need to upgrade storage of HP ML 110 G6 with 2x WD Red 4TB.
As searching through forums I found information that only 2TB SATA are supported for using with integrated B110i .
As I must have RAID in this setup, here is the issue.
I could get Lycom PE-115H and I just wanted to know if it is supported with ML 110 G6 , off-course considering that WD Reds 2x4TB would be usable?

TY

Armageus · 29 May 2017 at 22:30

You could drop in a P212 Controller that should support 4TB Drives. Should be able to pick a used one up for £25 or so.

ML110 G6 Quickspec lists P212 as option
https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04282718.pdf

P212 Quickspecs list 4TB Drives
https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04111625

donraka · 29 May 2017 at 22:59

Thank you for quick response Armageus, I also was leaning towards P212, but friend offered me for testing that taiwan Lycom, so I just wanted to check if anyone used it in similar situation. 2x4TB will be 2nd logical drive in RAID 0
I suppose with P212 I could also get a chance to keep 1st logical drive transfer from B110i (2x500GB Win2008) without breaking RAID and needing to do BareMetalRestore on new controller.

nutcase · 30 May 2017 at 13:43

There's a difference between supported and works - it won't be supported but will (probably...) work if the device has the right interface and driver.

whiskycycle · 30 May 2017 at 14:22

I've got 4 of those drives in an ML110 G6 running from the standard controller... definitely works, at least mine.

donraka · 31 May 2017 at 15:48

undergroove said:
I've got 4 of those drives in an ML110 G6 running from the standard controller... definitely works, at least mine.

What you mean standard? B110i integrated raid, no raid card?

whiskycycle · 31 May 2017 at 17:08

Yep. Bought the ML110 G6 off a mate a few years back with a Pentium G9650 installed, and used it as a ESXi lab host... upgraded the processor to a Xeon X3450, stuck in a couple of sticks of matching memory, those hard drives, and it's running as a NAS and Plex server quite nicely.

donraka · 31 May 2017 at 18:30

This is the first information I found that 4TB can be seen through B110i in RAID mode, everywhere else there were issues like this one:

https://prnt.sc/febxhu

Undergroove if catch up time on next reboot, please share BIOS version, thanks.

whiskycycle · 31 May 2017 at 23:34

Will do... hopefully won't have egg on my face, but happy to admit if it's not quite working how I thought it was (damn computers)!

donraka · 2 Jun 2017 at 22:17

Update on upgrading storage :
-I kept integrated B110i for OS drives
-Installed on Marvell 19xx RaidCard with 2x4TB in R1 mode,
everything is working nicely and prob will keep configuration.

Thanks to community for support, cheers