I read that from those options only the H200 would work on the storage slot. What controller should I use? Dell H200 or LSI 9211-8i? I want to use a Dell R710 which has a PERC 6i but I read that using all disks on their own RAID0 is a bad idea so I'll have to replace it. There's a lot of information out there and some of it looks a bit contradictory so here I am begging for help :( I hope my choices aren't too outdated.I usually never join a forum just to post a question but here I am needing some guidance. I had bought the WD Purple HDDs because they are the recommended drive for storage of surveillance footage because they are designed to handle the abuse of 24/7 writes with high reliability.
When planning this build, I had imagined that eitherĪ: my hypervisor, VMs, and camera footage would all be stored on the same really large RAID volume, orī: Two arrays in the hotswap bay on the same RAID controller, one for hypervisor / VMs and one for camera footage, orĬ: Hotswap array is just for camera footage, install hypervisor and VMs on SSD or array of SSDs? Use two separate RAID controllers in the same server? Or M.2 NVME SSD in PCIe?īut now realizing the compatibility issues, and since I require a larger volume to store the footage than SAS is capable of, it would seem that I'll probably need to buy a NAS for my camera footage RAID and SAS drives for hypervisor RAID, unless there is some exotic solution that would make this all work without increasing the cost of the system? This card can be used in dedicated 'Storage Port' on Dell R610 / Dell R710 Servers. I want to flash my card with firmware and bios from H200I card. This version works only on normal PCI-E ports, not on dedicated Storage PCI-E port on Dell Servers. Is my understanding correct? And if so, should I use an array of SAS drives in my R710 hotswap bays for my hypervisor and VM installation disk, and then, say, a NAS RAID array for storage of my security camera footage? I brick Perc H200 card, but I successfully revival it. To rephrase: if the XenServer Hardware Compatibility List says both SATA and SAS are compatible with XenServer for a given RAID controller, then either type of HDD may be used for the XenServer installation volume, but if only SAS is compatible for a particular RAID controller, then XenServer must be installed on an array of only SAS drives? SAS compatibility with storage controllers in XenServer.this applies only to the disk where you install the hypervisor, correct? but XenServer would still be compatible with, for instance, reading data from an array of SATA drives on a NAS? 6x Dell (Seagate ES.2) 3TB 7.2k RPM 6Gb/s 3.5" SAS HDD - Just found these for $37ea on Amazon. The PERC H200 Adapter supports the following Dell PowerEdge systems: T410, R210, T110, T310, R310, T610, R410, and T710.***EDIT: I returned the three Western Digital Purple and Blue SATA HDDs after deciding that SAS HDD or any SSD would be preferable to SATA HDD if acquired cheaply enough.Do I possibly want to consider a different RAID controller other than these two?
Homelab noob here, thanks in advance for your help! dell poweredge r710 2u server 2 x quad core xeon 2.5ghz x5540 up to 2.9ghz x5570 64gb ram 2 x 146gb 15k rpm sas hdds 3.