Raid setup

[glennbtn]

Hi All

I have bought Adaptec 6405 raid controller as I understand this works with proxmox.

Can anyone tell me how easy this will be to get up and running. I have never used a raid card with Linux before and hoping it's a plug and play job after setting up the drives in the controller.

Any advise would be good

Thanks

Glenn

 

[kobaltz]

You first need to configure your RAID Controller. This will usually happen during/post the BIOS boot. To enter the RAID Controller interface, you'll usually hit a keystroke like CTRL + I to get into the interface. Research the different types of raid that your system supports and then you can configure it in the RAID controller.

Once you install Proxmox (I usually install on a hard drive outside of the RAID) you can log into the terminal. Inside the terminal you will need to type "df" to see where your RAID partition is. Using that information, research how to format the partition to EXT3 or EXT4. Mount the partition. Once you have mounted the partition you can go into Proxmox and setup the LVM or Directory to point to that mounted partition. Select what will be stored on it and enjoy!

 

[glennbtn]

Thanks for the fast reply. Can I install proxmox straight on to the raid rather than another drive?

 

[kobaltz]

You definitely can, assuming that the installer finds your RAID partition (it always has on mine 3Ware 9650). I personally prefer a different storage for the VMs. Personally I RAID 1 two 500GB drives for the Proxmox install and have 4 1.5TB drives in a RAID10. It's just for home use so I don't worry too much about IOPS.