Reply To: HPE E208i-p Raid Card HI all, So it seems the only raid card supported by HP is the HPE E208i-p raid card. Whilst I’m loathed spent the £200 on the card, it is looking…

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Interesting question, the  E208i-p has only 2 min SAS ports as you say, but does support Mixed mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously)

So I believe either option should work but I would also consider using both SAS ports,  port 1 for disks (1 and 2)  and the Port 2 for disks (3 and 4) which is a mirror of port 1 (disk 1 and 2).

Seems a good option for sharing the load but does increase risk in one of the Ports failure,

Alas, I do not actually know if the E208i-p will support any of these option

Have a chat with HP’s Partner Support Experts (https://partner.hpe.com/)

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