WD Black is not compatible with Dell controllers. I suspect that the firmware of the drives is different, OR its general incompatibility with the controller may not work on the specific port, or with multiple on the bus, etc. The WD Black is a desktop drive and should be be used in servers. You would be ok turning OFF the S100 and using the drives in AHCI mode and mirroring in the OS. Not using the S-series controllers is always preferable.
Thanks for the reply, Flash. I may very well change over to using Windows to manage the array.
I have a question. If I image the existing virtual drive, turn off RAID in the bios, and then recover the data in AHCI mode, will the drive retain any PERC information that would pose a hurdle to having Windows manage the mirror?
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April 29th, 2017 15:00
WD Black is not compatible with Dell controllers. I suspect that the firmware of the drives is different, OR its general incompatibility with the controller may not work on the specific port, or with multiple on the bus, etc. The WD Black is a desktop drive and should be be used in servers. You would be ok turning OFF the S100 and using the drives in AHCI mode and mirroring in the OS. Not using the S-series controllers is always preferable.
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Thanks for the reply, Flash. I may very well change over to using Windows to manage the array.
I have a question. If I image the existing virtual drive, turn off RAID in the bios, and then recover the data in AHCI mode, will the drive retain any PERC information that would pose a hurdle to having Windows manage the mirror?
Rod Walter