/tags/raid/ Recent content in RAID on Chaslinux's Blog Hugo en-us Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:58:51 -0400 /posts/hp_proliant_dl380p_gen8_newer_logical_drives_error/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:58:51 -0400 /posts/hp_proliant_dl380p_gen8_newer_logical_drives_error/ <h1 id="background">Background</h1> <p>Several months ago one of the <a href="https://www.theworkingcentre.org/projects/computer-recycling/">Computer Recycling Project at The Working Centre&rsquo;s</a> donors donated some 2U HP server hardware. One of those machines was a nice <a href="https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04123238">HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8</a> server. The server came complete with 128GB of RAM, and it had 6 x 146GB SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives.</p> <p>While it&rsquo;s always nice to get any storage and RAM with donations, I needed a bit more storage for what I had in mind. Luckily we had an HP storage array at the back with a bunch of 300GB SAS drives I could just pull out of the array, and plug into the ProLiant DL380p Gen 8, or so I thought&hellip;</p>