User's Manual
Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level Comments
PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i RAID 1 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 5 Add additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 5 Add additional disks
PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I,
PERC H800 Adapter,
PERC H700 Adapter,
PERC H700 Integrated,
and PERC H700
Modular, PERC H310
Adapter, PERC H310
Mini Monolithic, PERC
H310 Mini Blades, PERC
H710 Adapter, PERC
H710 Mini Blades, PERC
H710 Mini Monolithic,
PERC H710P Adapter,
PERC H710P Mini
Blades, PERC H710P
Mini Monolithic, PERC
H810 Adapter, PERC
H730P Adapter
RAID 0
RAID 1 Add a single disk
RAID 0 RAID 0, RAID 5 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 0 RAID 6 RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
Reconfiguration from
RAID 0 to RAID 6
requires at least 2
additional disks even
when this exceeds the
4- disk minimum
required by RAID 6
RAID 1 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 5, RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
RAID 5 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 5, RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
RAID 6 RAID 0, RAID 5 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 6 RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk
SAS 6/iR N/A N/A N/A
PERC S100, S110, and
S300
RAID 0 RAID 0 With or without
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 1 Without additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 5 With or without
additional disks
RAID 10 RAID 10 Without additional disks
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