Joseph Spenner wrote:
Hello, I'm curiuos if anyone knows if it's possible to set up a Dell R515 (which has PERC H700) to be JBOD. It seems the only options are RAID0 or RAID1. I read posts, where people say it can by done by making each disk its own RAID0. This works, but it wigs out when that disk is removed, and forgets a disk was ever there (unless I go back in the PERC and fix it).
Unfortunately, I don't know any other way, with the PERC in it.
My plan is to have a system where I can remove and replace the drives regularly, while the system is on/running. I do this on a SuperMicro, but wanted to migrate this server to a Dell.
I tried disabling the RAID in the BIOS, but then the installer never sees the disks.
No, that wouldn't work - the PERC mediates between the drives and the BIOS. Until they're set up in the PERC firmware, the BIOS can't find the drives.
One more question: why do you want to regularly replace the drives? I mean, are you including /?
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