Dell SCSI Controller PERC 3D/I - Can we add two more HD drives to the server thourgh the SCSI drive?
We have a Dell server with a Dell SCSI Controller PERC 3D/I - The attached pictures shows the current HD setup. Could we add two more HD drives and then do a RAID1 between them via the SCSI card controller according to what we already have (We have to HD 64GB drives already as the Dell Open Manage shows)?
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charlestasse
are these drives currently part of an array or are you running in SCSI mode?
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I think so. MS Windows DiskMang shows a single disk (total size of 64GB) with two partitions C: and D: so I bealive this is a RAID1 with 2 partitions, also the partition was done through Dell Open Manage.
Is there any other way I can tell?
Will this be sufficient to add two more drives and configure another RAID1 between them? Or do we need to get any additional hardware?
Is there any other way I can tell?
Will this be sufficient to add two more drives and configure another RAID1 between them? Or do we need to get any additional hardware?
in open manage, under the Perc 3/Di you will see Virtual Disks, screen shot what is there
The Perc 3/Di does support reconfigure of Raid 0 and 1 to Raid 1 by adding additional disks.
The Perc 3/Di does support reconfigure of Raid 0 and 1 to Raid 1 by adding additional disks.
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Well this is a RAID0...
Could you please let me know what have to be done in order to get the new drives installed and configured with the SCSI Perc 3/Di? The current setup can be rebuild, the server is not being used.
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Could you please let me know what have to be done in order to get the new drives installed and configured with the SCSI Perc 3/Di? The current setup can be rebuild, the server is not being used.
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Sorry in my previous post I ment to say RAID1.
Just to move this back to track.
These are the questions at this point:
Keeping the disks that we already have configured with RAID1 (68 GB already) in the system. A single RAID1 drive with 2 partitions.
1.) could we add two more extra drives, for example 300GB each and configure another RAID1 using the existing hardware which is the SCSI Perc 3/Di card?
2.) If possible how should the disk be attached to the SCSI Perc 3/Di card? Could the SCSI card manage the current disks and 2 more new drives?
Just to move this back to track.
These are the questions at this point:
Keeping the disks that we already have configured with RAID1 (68 GB already) in the system. A single RAID1 drive with 2 partitions.
1.) could we add two more extra drives, for example 300GB each and configure another RAID1 using the existing hardware which is the SCSI Perc 3/Di card?
2.) If possible how should the disk be attached to the SCSI Perc 3/Di card? Could the SCSI card manage the current disks and 2 more new drives?
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How should the disks can be attached to the SCSI card? Can you please provide a link or reference that explain how?