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November 17th, 2010 15:00

External controller advise

Hi,

 

I am trying to understand which external controller will work best for connecting PE R310 and MD 1220.

 

When I' m trying to configure R310 on customization page, I see below available options,

Dell Single Channel Ultra 320 SCSI PCIe Host Adapter [add $174.30]

SAS 6Gbps HBA External Controller [add $139.30]
   
PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB [add $454.30]
   
PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 512MB NV Cache [add $489.30]
   
PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 1Gb NV Cache [add $559.30

 

And, when I am customizing MD1220, I see below,


2 x PERC H800, SAS Ext 512MG [add $856.68]
       
PERC H800, SAS, Ext 512MG [add $428.34]
   
No PERC H800 add $0.00
   
PERC H800 RAID Kit for External JBOD, 512MB NV Cache [add $461.34]
   
PERC H800 RAID Kit for External JBOD, 1Gb NV Cache [add $527.34]

 

I know I have to choose and add external controller in any of the 2 customizations above.

 

Which controller I choose for best performance and is "6Gb SAS Cable " always to work regardless of controller I choose?

 

Please let me know,

Thanks.

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November 17th, 2010 16:00

For the MD1220, you will have to choose the PERC H800 to be able to use it as an external RAIDed JBOD. You should be able to get 1 or 2 depending on how much redundancy you want and how many slots the R310 has.

Some useful Dell websites:

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pvaul/topics/en/us/raid_controller?c=us&l=en&cs=555

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md1200/pd

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/md1200/en/

 

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