MP Proliant ML350 Disk Controller

[Twilight Sparkle]

Hello,

I have a HP ProLiant ML350 server at home that run VMware ESXi 5.5.0. I recently bought four 4TB drives for it to upgrade storage. What I did not check is that the onboard HP Smart Array E200I do not support drives larger than 1 TB. (The 4 TB drives shows up as 1.8 TB drives). I am going to run the new drives in RAID 5.

 

I am thinking of getting something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/381513-B21-501575-001-HP-SMART-ARRAY-P800-512MB-CONTROLLER-NEW-BULK-/330750615837?hash=item4d0245e11d

As far as I can tell, this should be compatible with the server and the drives? Can anyone verify this? Or suggest a better option?

 

Motherboard: HP 4K07C5

Hard drive bay: 413986-001

New drives: WD40EFRX

Do you need any other part numbers?

 

Best regards

172rainbow

[Alef]

Long as you get at least a SAS-2 controller you should be able to support 2TB+ drives but don't quote me on this.