STEPS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT AND CONFIGURE RAID

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I WANT ASK YOU

Dear Sir,
Could you pls write me the method how to configure RAID5 on Dell poweredge 2850 server.
Waiting for your valuable answer.
Thankyou in advance.

Hamid

Respectfully speaking, although a simple RAID may be easy to set up, to set up CORRECTLY to provide true redundancy without impeding performance, is a lot more involved and considers a lot more than a one line "give me detial steps."

What types of storage (based on read/write patterns) are more suitable for RAID 1? RAID 1+0? RAID 5? Because of this, a typical server may employ multiple arrays, i.e. RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 for O/S and logs, and/or RAID 5 for user data and databases as an example.

In the event of a disk failure, is your solution redundant such that it can survive a disk failure, i.e. not RAID 0? Should you have a hot spare on the bus?

We've trained for many years to know what we know, and there's a reason for that; and although stores such as Home Depot and many others here in the States think that they can teach amateurs to do things themselves without using professional contractors, that may (or may not) be fine for working on your house, it's not appropriate for your company data.