Hey,
I've recently built a XenServer for playing around with (specs in sig). Xen is installed and working with a few VM's.
But the issue is that I only have 1 HDD in the box and I want to build a RAID1 for redundancy.
I've been looking on the Xen forums and there are ways to make software RAID or fakeRAID (that's the hardware RAID off the motherboard) work. But they all have their issues, what I want is true hardware raid with a dedicated controller.
The issue is that this is a home server and I can't afford a high end RAID card. Also I will only be using 2 mechanicals in RAID1 so I don't need a high end card.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this card and whether or not it will work:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/sata/entry/aar-1220sa/
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/2232100-adaptec-raid-1220sa-pcie-port-sata-p-24098.html?sort=2a
It is not on the official HCL but I know that doesn't mean everything.
http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14856
http://hcl.xensource.com/BrowsableStorageControllerList.aspx
If anyone can advise I would appreciate it. Also, I'm totally happy to hear other suggestions on controllers. Please remember I'm in Australia so Newegg is not an option...
I've recently built a XenServer for playing around with (specs in sig). Xen is installed and working with a few VM's.
But the issue is that I only have 1 HDD in the box and I want to build a RAID1 for redundancy.
I've been looking on the Xen forums and there are ways to make software RAID or fakeRAID (that's the hardware RAID off the motherboard) work. But they all have their issues, what I want is true hardware raid with a dedicated controller.
The issue is that this is a home server and I can't afford a high end RAID card. Also I will only be using 2 mechanicals in RAID1 so I don't need a high end card.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this card and whether or not it will work:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/sata/entry/aar-1220sa/
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/2232100-adaptec-raid-1220sa-pcie-port-sata-p-24098.html?sort=2a
It is not on the official HCL but I know that doesn't mean everything.
http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14856
http://hcl.xensource.com/BrowsableStorageControllerList.aspx
If anyone can advise I would appreciate it. Also, I'm totally happy to hear other suggestions on controllers. Please remember I'm in Australia so Newegg is not an option...
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