Proxmox 7.3 Intel Vroc

[juju42123]

Hello everyone

I currently have an HPE ML30 Gen10+ server that has Intel® VROC SATA RAID software.
I have created my RAID from the BIOS but when I install Proxmox it does not detect the RAID, it only sees the 4 disks
I saw that on this forum, there is someone who had asked the question three years ago.
Is Intel® VROC SATA compatible with proxmox?

Thanks for your answers

 

[cpuri]

Hello everyone

I currently have an HPE ML30 Gen10+ server that has Intel® VROC SATA RAID software.
I have created my RAID from the BIOS but when I install Proxmox it does not detect the RAID, it only sees the 4 disks
I saw that on this forum, there is someone who had asked the question three years ago.
Is Intel® VROC SATA compatible with proxmox?

Thanks for your answers

Hello,

did you find info on this topic and figure it out?
I've a ProLiant MicroServer Gen10+ v2 with same RAID controller....

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ramalama]

Guys, that's not a raid controller...

That's software emulated crap. Disable it and it's fine.
Do your raid in proxmox with zfs or mdadm or ceph or whatever you like

To be more precise, to be able to use vroc, you need to use any linux distribution that has mdadm already in the installer.
Like Debian 12 and install ontop of Debian 12, Proxmox.

Intel Vroc (virtual raid on cpu) uses md raid, which is just emulated with mdadm on linux.

Same thing on windows, just that windows created itself an raid out of it.

However, in the end it is emulated and provides no benefit, another marketing crap, same like some "Dell Hperc" raid cards.

So my recommendation would be, disable it, and use any proper solution, like zfs or create the raid yourself the way you want.

Cheers

 

[cpuri]

Guys, that's not a raid controller...

That's software emulated crap. Disable it and it's fine.
Do your raid in proxmox with zfs or mdadm or ceph or whatever you like

To be more precise, to be able to use vroc, you need to use any linux distribution that has mdadm already in the installer.
Like Debian 12 and install ontop of Debian 12, Proxmox.

Intel Vroc (virtual raid on cpu) uses md raid, which is just emulated with mdadm on linux.

Same thing on windows, just that windows created itself an raid out of it.

However, in the end it is emulated and provides no benefit, another marketing crap, same like some "Dell Hperc" raid cards.

So my recommendation would be, disable it, and use any proper solution, like zfs or create the raid yourself the way you want.

Cheers

Thanks a lot @Ramalama
I'll follow your suggestions and I'll go for ZFS.

Best!

 

[maturos]

@juju42123 @cpuri can you tell me something about your ZFS config (raid level) and data passthrough over this intel controller with disabled vroc?