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January 13th, 2017 17:00
R730XD raid configuration for microsoft storage spaces storage pool
please advise is there any raid configuration done wrong? i see more physical disk presented to OS after installation
1 X PERC raid controller
18 X 1.8'' 400GB SSD
2 x 2.5'' 400GB SSD at the rear
8 x 3.5'' 8TB SATA
Steps
1. Create 1 virtual disk (raid 1) with the 2 x 2.5'' 400 GB
2. Create 26 virtual disk (raid 0) with the remaining physical disks of 372GB SSD or 7+TB HDD
3. Install Windows OS on VD raid 1. C:
4. Create storage pool (tiered storage) with the 26 virtual disks (SSD/HDD). H:
However, in windows disk mgmt, there are still 2 disks unallocated. Under server manager, it shows 1 unallocated disks (size 373GB?) in the default "primordial storage pool"
help please
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kanak acharyulu
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January 23rd, 2017 00:00
Hello SSRR110,
Can you give the specifics of the server and controller models being used?
That said, you do NOT need to create RAID virtual disk and on top of that again, create Storage Space virtual disk -- that would be software defined Raid over a PERC controller defined RAID.
Disks are to be exposed as JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) by the controller to MS. It is over these Physical Disks that the use would create Storage Pools.
Let me know your system configuration and if further queries.
Thanks.
rshafertn_ca
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February 2nd, 2017 07:00
I have a similar problem.
I am trying to configure an 18Tb RAID into a Microsoft Storagr Pool to use with RapidRecovery.
When I attempt to create this pool the limit is 2Tb. I am using an:
R730XD server
Dell PERC H730 Mini
11 x 2.1TB 7200RPM configured RAID 5
Windows Server 2016 STD
kanak acharyulu
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February 7th, 2017 07:00
Hello RSHAFERTN_CA WROTE,
Just curious to understand your requirement. Since you anyways have a RAID supporting card (H730), why try configure storage space atop this? The PERC controller itself would provide redundancy; please correct me if I missed anything. Would like to understand the thoughts behind your approach.
Thanks!