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08-26-2011, 08:12 PM
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need advice on server upgrade
I need advice to see if I can install a SATA pci card into a Compaq ProLiant ML570 G2 Server
A customer needs more space and a new ultra160 hard drive on Ebay is about £300 for 146Gb. I tried all my normal suppliers but they don't stock any scsi hard drives now. As you can see it will be much cheaper and better performance if I can use a SATA hard drive but as I have not done it before I thought I would ask first. 
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08-26-2011, 08:57 PM
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sorry forgot to say.
Server 2003 standard
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08-26-2011, 09:18 PM
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Dont see why not either. End of day its simply a way to add drives, OS wont see it any different.
Not same but I put a SATA PCI into a WHS system and added two SATAs and it went fine and works Ok. As its based on 2003 no reason it wont for your scenario.
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08-27-2011, 03:51 PM
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just an update,
The BIOS picked it up no problem but now it will not boot from it's original SCSI hard drives no matter which order I put them in, in the BIOS. It always looked at the new SATA hard drive and as it was blank it assumes no OS was installed. I ran out of time as the guy that let me in was in a rush so hoping to go back out tomorrow to investigate.
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#6
08-27-2011, 04:25 PM
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We have a very similar issue on a job we are working on. Thanks for the updates. I will post results back here as well.
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#7
08-27-2011, 05:15 PM
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Might need to install a bootloader on the SATA drive and point it towards the scsi.
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#8
08-27-2011, 09:47 PM
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Doublecheck the list of 'hard disks' in the BIOS boot order and listing.
Also, you may have to tell the SATA card to work as RAID/JBOD and tell it to present itself to the BIOS as a bootable/interuptXY device.
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#9
08-29-2011, 09:27 AM
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Thanks for the replies I will try them at the weekend when I can get access again.
The HP had 2 sections for booting up, the first was by dvice i.e dvd, floppy, hard drive & network. The second part was hard drive order, I put the new SATA card as last but it made no difference. I will try the other options when I get the chance.
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08-29-2011, 05:27 PM
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It's worth bearing in mind why servers have SCSI drives - they are like 10x more reliable than ATA/SATA. So whatever you do, make sure it's RAIDed.
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