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Support For PERC 9 Hardware Controllers
The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) family of enterprise-class controllers is designed for
enhanced performance, increased reliability and fault tolerance, and simplified management — providing
a powerful, easy-to-manage way to create a robust infrastructure and help maximize server uptime. The
introduction of the PERC H730P family of hardware controllers also brings about improvements in
storage solutions.
The new PERC 9 family of hardware controllers support the following storage enhancements:
• Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk On PERC 9 Hardware Controller
• Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives
• T10 Standard Protection Information (PI) - Data Integrity Field
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC
9 Hardware Controller
RAID Level 10 is a solution for users who require high performance and redundancy with quickest
recovery during drive failure. Though a RAID Level 10 setup is more expensive to maintain, it has several
benefits as it combines the properties of RAID Level 1 and RAID Level 0.
RAID Level 10 virtual disk creations with PERC 9 hardware controllers support Uneven Span feature.
When you create RAID Level 10 virtual disks with PERC 9 hardware controller the firmware suggests the
preferred span layout for the setup.
NOTE: A minimum of 4 physical disks and a maximum of 256 physical disks are allowed for a RAID
Level 10 virtual disk setup with PERC 9 hardware controllers.
You can create RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk on PERC 9 hardware controllers using the following Wizards :
• Express Wizard
• Advanced Wizard
NOTE:
The procedure for creating virtual disks on PERC 9 hardware controllers is the same as other
PERC hardware controllers.
Related Tasks
• Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
• Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
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