https://journal.reddeltasystems.com/posts/ Recent content in Technical articles on Red Delta Systems | Technical Articles Hugo en-US Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://journal.reddeltasystems.com/posts/3par-520-to-512/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://journal.reddeltasystems.com/posts/3par-520-to-512/ <h1 id="repurposing-hpe-3par-storage-getting-520-byte-sas-drives-working-on-linux">Repurposing HPE 3PAR Storage: Getting 520-Byte SAS Drives Working on Linux</h1> <p>A few months ago, we won an auction for some server equipment we needed. As is usually the case with large equipment lots, the servers we actually wanted came with quite a bit of additional enterprise hardware that we had no immediate use for.</p> <p>Part of that equipment was an HPE 3PAR storage system.</p> <p>The lot included the original <strong>HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7200</strong> equipment along with eight 2U, 24-bay SAS disk shelves. The shelves were populated with roughly 1 TB-class enterprise SAS drives.</p>