DELL Perc VS raidZ

[webstyler]

Hello

We have DELL 2950 with PERC 6 on board

We would like to manage Raid throught PERC by raid5, instead on RaidZ

This could be generate problems with FREENAS (v. 9.10) ?

Thanks

 

[Dice]

Yes.

Check the cyberjocks newbie guide and hardware recommendations (stickie threads). They provide you with a lot of insight in system design (and answers your current question and numerous other 'need to know' aspects of taking the plunge into freenas. It is not that simple.

 

[joeschmuck]

If you want to use the PERC card as a RAID5, do not use FreeNAS as the software. There are other software options but for what you want, FreeNAS is not what you should use, unless you don't mind your data disappearing one day. FreeNAS is designed to run using the ZFS software RAID and this also makes it portable, meaning that you can take your hard drives to any other piece of computer hardware, plug in the drives, and boot FreeNAS and have access to your data. You don't need a specific RAID card to get your data back.

 

[pirateghost]

The answer to this is literally in the documentation and FreeNAS website....

 

[pirateghost]

 

[maglin]

You really should look at the different schemes for array management and see what is better for your environment.
Most of the time ZFS is preferred as your array has better redundancy options along with not being handcuffed to specific hardware. I think hardware raid is dead for the most part. But there are probably situations that requires it I don't know about.


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[Mirfster]

PERC 6

In any case, ditch the PERC 6. It can't drive space over 2.2 TB, so if you attached a 8 TB drive it would only show you 2.2 TB.

But as others have said HW Raid and FreeNas are a big "no no".

 

[webstyler]

Thanks guys

PERC6 haven't mode "direct" so the only way I have found is to create 1 virtual group and virtual disk for any single HD..

:/

 

[Mirfster]

PERC6 haven't mode "direct" so the only way I have found is to create 1 virtual group and virtual disk for any single HD..

Yes, but this is highly UN-Recommended.... You are not wanting to do this and will be sorry if you proceed down that line...