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aricleung

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April 29th, 2004 09:00

PE2600 RAID

HI again

Got another Server RAID question..   I am trying to place an order of the follow spec PE2600, but our account manager said I can't have the 2x3 Backplan and can only have 1x6 as i was told the system wont' support it

PE2600,

2x3 BP, with 4x 36G 10K U320 drive on the Main HD bay
using Perc 4/di embedded RAID controller.

Media Bay will be used for a PV100T DDS4 tape backup.

Can someone tell me if this is config should work?  If not, will it work if I use the Perc4/dc (2x int channel) instead?  Or will i just have to use the 1x6 BP as our a/c manager said?

Many Thanks

Aric

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May 6th, 2004 11:00

Hi Aric,

The PowerEdge 2600 does support a split backplane, either on the standard Scsi, embedded Perc 4/di or the PCI Perc 4/dc, but the factory will not configure a Raid 5 across both channels (as in your previous post).

These are the factory configurations possible on the PowerEdge 2600 with a split backplane:
  • Split Backplane, Drives attached to onboard SCSI controller, No RAID
  • Split Backplane, Drives attached to PERC4/Di, all drives RAID 0
  • Split Backplane, Drives attached to PERC4/Di, all drives RAID 1
  • Split Backplane,Drives attached to PERC4/Di, RAID 1,RAID 5
  • Split backplane: Drives attached to RAID card, all drives RAID 0
  • Split Backplane, Drives attached to PERC card, all drives RAID 1
  • Split Backplane,Drives att. to RAID card, RAID 1,RAID 5
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Message Edited by DELL-Mark A on 05-06-2004 07:27 AM

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