Proxmox wont see raid array

[MIleHighMontana]

Hi All. I am a total noob when it comes to this so please bear with me. I did use the search function but either didnt find anything that answered my questions or I was too dumb to understand what was being talked about.

I have a HPE ML350 G9 server with the B140i raid controller. I set up an raid 1 array using 2 SSDs use the HP Smart Storage Administrator and I believe I have it set to be a logical drive. (To get the server to see the drives, I had to enable ACHI mode in the bios).

My issue is that the proxmox installer doesnt see the raid array, it only sees the individual drives.

What do I need to do to be able to install proxmox on the raid array?

 

[esi_y]

Hi All. I am a total noob when it comes to this so please bear with me. I did use the search function but either didnt find anything that answered my questions or I was too dumb to understand what was being talked about.

I have a HPE ML350 G9 server with the B140i raid controller. I set up an raid 1 array using 2 SSDs use the HP Smart Storage Administrator and I believe I have it set to be a logical drive. (To get the server to see the drives, I had to enable ACHI mode in the bios).

My issue is that the proxmox installer doesnt see the raid array, it only sees the individual drives.

What do I need to do to be able to install proxmox on the raid array?

That's always been a driver issue, see e.g.:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/118133

HP did support these for some Red Hat and SUSE, see page 3:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04390740

I only know people run these in AHCI mode.

 

[MIleHighMontana]

That's always been a driver issue, see e.g.:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/118133

HP did support these for some Red Hat and SUSE, see page 3:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04390740

I only know people run these in AHCI mode.

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure what to do here.

 

[esi_y]

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure what to do here.

I would just use AHCI mode settings in BIOS/UEFI and do whaterver I need in software with the individual disks.

 

[esi_y]

Sorry, I just realised looking up at your original post that you have already done so, so if you want to insist on using PVE installer and need a mirror, you could choose ZFS or BTRFS in the installer. There are other setups possible (with e.g. MDRAID), but it's not soomething I would advise to a new user.

(The forum here is very pro-ZFS, so if you go that path, although there's a learning curve, you will get lots of replies.)

 

[MIleHighMontana]

Sorry, I just realised looking up at your original post that you have already done so, so if you want to insist on using PVE installer and need a mirror, you could choose ZFS or BTRFS in the installer. There are other setups possible (with e.g. MDRAID), but it's not soomething I would advise to a new user.

(The forum here is very pro-ZFS, so if you go that path, although there's a learning curve, you will get lots of replies.)

Thank you. I will look into ZFS.

 

[tcabernoch]

Here. This will get you started.

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux