Adding hardware raid to a 5018A-AR12L

[EverydayDiesel]

Can anyone school me on how to add a hardware raid to a supermicro 5018A-AR12L? Obviously I would need a raid card, LSI? What breakout cables do I need to hook up the 12 drives?

http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5018/SSG-5018A-AR12L.cfm

Thanks in advance

 

[stevech]

Can anyone school me on how to add a hardware raid to a supermicro 5018A-AR12L? Obviously I would need a raid card, LSI? What breakout cables do I need to hook up the 12 drives?

http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5018/SSG-5018A-AR12L.cfm

Thanks in advance

Try the DIY forum here.

 

[sfx2000]

Considering that the board already has LSI Softraid for 16 SATA devices, what more do you need? The board is the controller...

LSI® 2116 SW controller for 16x SATA3 (6Gbps) ports; SATA3 or SAS2 with IT mode

Straight from the data sheet...

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/X10/A1SA7-2750F.cfm

 

[EverydayDiesel]

Considering that the board already has LSI Softraid for 16 SATA devices, what more do you need? The board is the controller...

LSI® 2116 SW controller for 16x SATA3 (6Gbps) ports; SATA3 or SAS2 with IT mode

Straight from the data sheet...

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/X10/A1SA7-2750F.cfm

Thanks for the response. I was told that a hardware raid was alot more reliable then a software raid. Is this correct?

 

[stevech]

Hardware RAID uses Firmware. Some contend that software RAID is slower.

NEITHER IS A BACKUP. RAID is not a backup we preach.

 

[EverydayDiesel]

Hardware RAID uses Firmware. Some contend that software RAID is slower.

NEITHER IS A BACKUP. RAID is not a backup we preach.

Let me rephrase. This is the back server but the raid configured for added protection. Might be overkill but I am trying to minimize risk.


Are you saying that software raid is just as reliable? Thia is not what I have beeb told by many.

 

[stevech]

Lots of kinds of RAID implementations. Most PC motherboards with RAID actually do some or all of it in the "BIOS" firmware.

My always on windows computer in the garage has RAID on the motherboard. I can't say how much of it is firmware or chips, but Windows doesn't do software RAID.

To me, software RAID might mean it's done in the operating system drivers. I suspect that affordable NASes do the same. Not sure.