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HP Storage Array with 3TB SATA

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Im planning on expanding the storage of my home server. I want to use the HP STORAGEWORKS MODULAR SMART ARRAY 70 MSA70 and fill it with 3TB drives. Its going to be expanding a current array with an LSI Expander on my Server running Win Server 2012R2 Enterprise. 

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And? Is there a question?

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Neat... was there a problem? Or a question about setup...?

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43 minutes ago, caltech831@gmail.com said:

Sorry, Should have been more specific. Will it work with regular 2.5" 3TB Drives or will it only work with the special storage works drives? 

In theory it should work with any SAS and SATA drives. There could be incompatibilities in the odd drive but I'd be surprised.

 

There should be a list of compatible drives somewhere (though it may have been lost to the ages by now)

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I will have to try it. Attached is the proposed setup im looking at, It will come prepopulated with 73GB SAS Drives and I would be slowly replacing each drive with a 3TB. How should I go about the replacement of the drives over time? Should I build a Raid array and have it rebuild itself each time there is a new drive or will that cause issues? 

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