P410i + 2TB drives / RAID5

[MPlic]

Hi,
it's possible create RAID5 volume from 4x 2TB drives on P410i with 512MB FBWC?
I plan buy ML350G6 with LFF drive's but i don't know,if it will be work.
Thanks

[Michael A. McKenney]

Your write performance will take a hit in RAID 5. I would do RAID 10 over 5, if you need write performance. I am not a fan of drives over 1TB in size. It is alot to recover on a spare drive. I would add at least one spare.

[MPlic]

I have 4 drives in RAID 5 on another server with an Adaptec 5805 controller, and performance is ok.I believe it will be similar.
But I'm not sure if the BIOS from P410 allows me to create a big volume (5.4 TB)from 4x 2TB drives (if it's not over the controller's limit)
The specification did not help
Thanks

[Michael A. McKenney]

the 410 can take 38TB of drives. Your OS might have a limitation. I would not install any OS on RAID 5. Only RAID 1 or 10.