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VadimLi2014-09-30 15:43:39
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VadimLi, 2014-09-30 15:43:39

Raid controller for Supermicro X9DRL-3F Which one to choose?

Hello dear community.
Help, please, with the choice of a raid controller for a virtualization server.
Current configuration:
Supermicro X9DRL-3F motherboard
1 processor E5-2620 v2
RAM 32 GB
From software: Vmware ESXI 5.5.0 virtualization
At the moment (I know that I need to be beaten, but it just so happened) 5 user OSes are spinning on it with Windows 7, 2 server operating systems.
What is planned: 10 raids from hdd, 1 raid ssd disks for the 1C 8.3 file base.
I provided for scalability on the server: I will add RAM, the 2nd processor later.
The question arises: which raid controller to choose in order to be able to adequately work with all this stuff?
ps: I'm not a professional in the field of server building, but I had to collect ...

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Alex Chistyakov, 2014-09-30
@alexclear

5th RAID in production on a machine that will be designed not for storing backups, but for something else? In the office, everything is so bad that there is not even money for a normal disk subsystem?
The RAID controller must be taken one that has a cache with a battery.
Only here I would not take 3Ware, even if they are with a cache and a battery.

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Dmitry, 2014-09-30
@plin2s

Tried on lsi 9750 and adaptec 5805z. I don’t remember exactly about lsi, it definitely works on the adapter. The only problem is that it will not be humanly possible to monitor it. If you play it, it will do. Otherwise, it is better to choose any other options.

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