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Can I transform a 6110XS into a 6110X ?
Hi, I have a 6110XS Hybrid that had 3 SSD drives failed, these disks and also the box are out-off-order by DELL since this storage is out of warranty.. Can I swap-out the remaining SSD disks and leave the storage with 24 SAS disks, so, transforming the storage back to and 6110X only.. will this config will be supported by the controller? since the controller type 14 of this storage is also used on a 6110X. Or in case this is not supported and the first 7 disks trays has to be filled with SSD, can I work with only 4 SSD + 17 SAS ? or it's mandatory to have 7 SSD + 17 SAS online and working?
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August 13th, 2019 12:00
Thanks Don,
Can I also work with only 4 SSDs and complete the remaining trays with SAS drives (4 SSD + 20 SAS config) or is mandatory to use 7 SSD/17 SAS to configure the array as RAID6 accelerated?
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Hello,
If you tried it, it would likely just add the SSDs to the spinning drives, then the SAS drives would be the size of the SSDs and you would end up with unpredictable results. I'm guessing that's what it would do without enough SSD drives
Don
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August 13th, 2019 13:00
Thanks for your help Don, yes, I was reading some technical docs here that due to how an EQL Hybrid array works, the minimum SSD disks has to be 7 SSD drives for a correct raid6 accelerated array. At least, is good to know that I can convert it to a SAS only array, replacing the SSDs with spinning disks in the future.. turning it to a 6110X Array. Thanks in advance.
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