https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/Three-RS2BL080-Controllers-on-same-server-and-one-large-VD/m-p/312644#M5194 <P>The RS2BL080 supports up to 32 physical devices, and you can use it together with the expander <A href="http://ark.intel.com/products/64080/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2CV360">http://ark.intel.com/products/64080/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2CV360</A> RES2CV360. But you can't create a single large VD across three RAID controllers. </P><P></P><P>You may also want to take a look at the <A href="http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/rc-rs2sg244">http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/rc-rs2sg244</A> Intel® RAID Controller RS2SG244 which has 24 internal ports. </P> Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:02:38 GMT Edward_Z_Intel 2014-02-04T04:02:38Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/Three-RS2BL080-Controllers-on-same-server-and-one-large-VD/m-p/312643#M5193 <P>I need to assemble a large RAID 6 volume, with 24x 4TB, considering 2 of them as hot spares. It's being very hard to find expanders/backplanes here around, but I can afford to have three RS2BL080. Would they work together to allow a single large VD?</P> Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:38:20 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/Three-RS2BL080-Controllers-on-same-server-and-one-large-VD/m-p/312643#M5193 CLeon6 2014-02-01T01:38:20Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/Three-RS2BL080-Controllers-on-same-server-and-one-large-VD/m-p/312644#M5194 <P>The RS2BL080 supports up to 32 physical devices, and you can use it together with the expander <A href="http://ark.intel.com/products/64080/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2CV360">http://ark.intel.com/products/64080/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2CV360</A> RES2CV360. But you can't create a single large VD across three RAID controllers. </P><P></P><P>You may also want to take a look at the <A href="http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/rc-rs2sg244">http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/rc-rs2sg244</A> Intel® RAID Controller RS2SG244 which has 24 internal ports. </P> Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:02:38 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/Three-RS2BL080-Controllers-on-same-server-and-one-large-VD/m-p/312644#M5194 Edward_Z_Intel 2014-02-04T04:02:38Z