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GeneInNMB
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:28 pm

Ok, so I just got 2 Dell Poweredge servers and I'm getting ready to install Starwind Native SAN for Hyper-V.

Both servers are identical, has 6x 600GB SAS drives, and Dell has configured them in one big RAID 10 array.

Can I use this for both OS and Data or do I really need a dedicated RAID group for data. I've searched, and I'm finding mixed answers on this. I'd prefer to install things once, lol..

Thanks for any advice!
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:47 pm

Sure you can use OBR10 for both boot and data!

Generally speaking it's a very bad idea to create an "islands" of storage (RAID groups) as that's an effective way to steal IOPS out of your system...
GeneInNMB wrote:Ok, so I just got 2 Dell Poweredge servers and I'm getting ready to install Starwind Native SAN for Hyper-V.

Both servers are identical, has 6x 600GB SAS drives, and Dell has configured them in one big RAID 10 array.

Can I use this for both OS and Data or do I really need a dedicated RAID group for data. I've searched, and I'm finding mixed answers on this. I'd prefer to install things once, lol..

Thanks for any advice!
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Anton Kolomyeytsev

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software

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