My question is about the mixture of ada and da drives. Thread starter mygeeknc Start date May 29, Status Not open for further replies. JavaScript is disabled.įor a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Register Now! Register for the iXsystems Community to get an ad-free experience and exclusive discounts in our eBay Store. Resources Latest reviews Search resources. My only concern is properly knowing which disk is which in Windows.What's new New posts New resources Latest activity. That is the path I was going to go originally. Nick-C wrote: What you could do and this is how MS setup their JBOD arrays for internal deploymentsis keep the H and setup a virtual disk on each physical disk so there is no RAID per-se at least no redundancy via the controllerand each disk is still presented to the OS albeit as a virtual diskwhat this lets you do is then take advantage of the controller caching which will help give you a nice little performance boost. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Nick-C This person is a verified professional.
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If you install the Dell OpenManage tools this should help you view what physical disk matches what virtual disk without too much digging around and also monitor things like disk health too. What you could do and this is how MS setup their JBOD arrays for internal deploymentsis keep the H and setup a virtual disk on each physical disk so there is no RAID per-se at least no redundancy via the controllerand each disk is still presented to the OS albeit as a virtual diskwhat this lets you do is then take advantage of the controller caching which will help give you a nice little performance boost. I'm seeing conflicting information in that regards. The C also comes configured with a H so I was thinking of picking up a H and swapping it with the H Do I need different cables for the H? I have seen an article or two where users have used Storage Spaces with a H One of the issues is that it would be very difficult to tell which disk is in which bay. How can you deny my cute, cuddly charm? Who is the Art of Server? I'm a cat lover and a server enthusiast.I currently have a C that came with a H Didn't realize at the time that the H doesn't support IT mode.
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