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I have a functioning HP MSA1000 SAN. It currenlty has 14 - 300 GB SCSI U320 drives filling the drive cabinet. &nbsp;This is a Fibre channel SAN with a built in switch.<br />
I would like to expand this SAN to increase my storage capacity. &nbsp;Since my inital cabinet is full, I will need to purchase and expansion cabinet. &nbsp;I would like to know if I have to stick with SCSI U320 drives in this expansion cabinet or is the any way to use SAS drives in this SAN. &nbsp;I would also like some details on cabling required to attach the new cabinet to the existing SAN and HP model numbers for the expansion cabinet.<br />
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I have a functioning HP MSA1000 SAN. It currenlty has 14 - 300 GB SCSI U320 drives filling the drive cabinet.  This is a Fibre channel SAN with a built in switch.
I would like to expand this SAN to increase my storage capacity.  Since my inital cabinet is full, I will need to purchase and expansion cabinet.  I would like to know if I have to stick with SCSI U320 drives in this expansion cabinet or is the any way to use SAS drives in this SAN.  I would also like some details on cabling required to attach the new cabinet to the existing SAN and HP model numbers for the expansion cabinet.
Thanks


HP MSA1000 SAN expansion

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