SATA RAID Controller for Hyper V or VMWare ESX i
I have a 3ware 9650se-4lpml SATA RAID controller that works fine w ESX 3 but it refuses to load RAID drivers for ESXi in vmware (support says wait until vmware5 esxi comes out... idunno hen that is) and does not have a driver for Microsoft's Hyper V. Basically, I'm dead in the water unless I pay for ESX or get another RAID controller. Anyone know what controllers play nice with ESX i and or Hyper V?
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Adapetec RAID controllers are well made and have a good reputation.
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RAID 5, Three drives... I was looking at the Adaptec 2410SA Serial ATA RAID Controller because appears to be the cheapest SATA RAID solution for my beer budget. I'm deploying at home but plan to start deploying at small businesses
Yeah if budget is your concern adaptec makes good cards.
Dell servers mostly use adaptec scsi cards.
Dell servers mostly use adaptec scsi cards.
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One of the difference between Hyper-V and VMware is the hypervisor core, VMware put all drivers in the core, and all those drivers are dedicated for VMware, so there are limited hardware support for VMware, but for Hyper-V, the drivers compatible with Windows server 2008 are can used for Hyper-V.
So i can what we need to do is get the controller driver for Windows server 2008.
One of the difference between Hyper-V and VMware is the hypervisor core, VMware put all drivers in the core, and all those drivers are dedicated for VMware, so there are limited hardware support for VMware, but for Hyper-V, the drivers compatible with Windows server 2008 are can used for Hyper-V.
So i can what we need to do is get the controller driver for Windows server 2008.
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