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Does RAID 5 on the P360 Ultra support both SATA and NVMe drives


No, the Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Ultra does not support RAID 5 configurations that mix SATA and NVMe drives. The P360 Ultra supports the following RAID configurations:

- RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe SSDs[1][3][5]
- RAID 5 is only supported for SATA drives, requiring at least three 2.5" SATA HDDs or SSDs[3][5]

The user guide specifically states that RAID 5 "consists of at least three SATA storage drives" on the P360 Ultra[3][5]. It does not mention support for mixing SATA and NVMe drives in a RAID 5 array.

So in summary, while the P360 Ultra offers flexible RAID options, RAID 5 is limited to SATA drives only. To get the benefits of RAID 5 striping with distributed parity, you would need to use at least three SATA storage drives, not a combination of SATA and NVMe.

Citations:
[1] https://thinkstation-specs.com/thinkstation/p360-ultra/
[2] https://www.dovetechnow.com/lenovo-thinkstation-p360-ultra-30g1000vus-workstation-1-x-intel-core-i9-hexadeca-core-16-core-i9-12900t-12th-gen-1-40-ghz-16-gb-ddr5-sdram-ram-512-gb-ssd-mini-tower-intel-w680-chip-windo--7
[3] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/898689.pdf
[4] https://www.dovetechnow.com/lenovo-thinkstation-p360-ultra-30g10054us-workstation-1-x-intel-core-i9-hexadeca-core-16-core-i9-12900-12th-gen-2-40-ghz-32-gb-ddr5-sdram-ram-1-tb-ssd-ultra-small-intel-w680-chip-windows--7
[5] https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/thinkcentre_pdf/p360_ultra_ug_en.pdf