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There are plenty of instructions out there on how to do this, but just make a note if that is your intention.įor more details visit us at: Annual Maintenance Contract, Rental, IT Infrastructure ManagementĬlick to expand.There are a few additional caveats here: If you want a simple RAID, then the controllers with cache and battery backups will work better in that use case.Īnother caveat, for the H200, if you want to run it in JBOD/IT mode, you will have to flash the firmware on the card.

#DELL PERC H200 RAID MODES SOFTWARE#

If you are planning or running a software RAID (ZFS, FreeNAS, etc.) then you'll want an HBA so that the OS can handle the disk. They are the more popular RAID controllers that homelabbers use on their R710. These two cards support SATA III (6Gb/s) and can use drive with ore than 2TB's. It has a replaceable battery and has either 512MB or 1GB of cache.

H700, this can run RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with SAS or SATA drives.

H200, this is also an HBA that is capable of RAID 0, 1, 10, or JBOD.

If storage and speed are not an issue, these controllers will work fine.

#DELL PERC H200 RAID MODES FULL#

So if you need lots of storage or you want to see the full speed benefit from an SSD, these would not be a good option. These first two can only run SATA drives at SATA II speeds (3Gb/s) and can only use drives up to 2TB. It has a replaceable battery and has 256MB of cache.

PERC6/i this can run RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with SAS or SATA drives.

SAS 6/iR, this is an HBA (Host Bus Adapter) it can run SAS & SATA drives in RAID 0, 1 or JBOD (more on JBOD later).

The Dell Power Edge R710 has a variety of stock RAID controllers, each with their own caveats and uses.

You would get more performance out of an R710 o with an 6 core Xeon and like 48 gigs of RAM for like 250 bucks instead a newer system. It uses standard cables so ordered some 1 meter cables from monoprice that will let me get this attached. I hope that coupled with a L series low voltage Xeon gets me a server that is both quiet, low power, and exactly what I was looking for.

#DELL PERC H200 RAID MODES MANUAL#

My biggest worry about a server (Why I held off on getting a Super Micro off ebay) was the noise, but apparently the r710's are really quiet when kept cool, and they have manual fan speed override via IPMITools. Sidebar: Was going to use a Dell T30 for low power/noise but only having 4 drives was a bit limiting. Has anybody here done the Dell r710 FreeNAS build that I am trying to do and what kind of modifications did it take for you to get the end result? So hoping somebody can help with that here.Įlse thinking outside the box, I was thinking that a PCI Express ribbon cable/extender might actually be the smart way to go. I have not had much luck yet finding what cable I need and it seems like it might be expensive. It now wont reach with the default cable inside the server. Then I think I found another issue, since I have to move the card to one of the PCI slots as it wont be recognized as a Dell card anymore. Then later found the Dell PERC H200 for $30 that can be flashed over. On the hunt for something like a LSI 9211-8i recommended for FreeNAS I found them to be about $60 kinda pricey. The included PERC6i does not have a JBOD mode (was going to try the Raid 0 virtual disk setup) but I totally overlooked the fact it cant handle over 2TB drives.

However despite thinking I did enough research, I think I missed a few key things and I need to find solutions to them without breaking the bank.

The recent $160 external deal for the 8TB WD RED's and finding out about Dell r710's on ebay for under $200 I was able to justify the cost and make it happen. So finally made the leap of faith to build my NAS after lurking here for over a year.