Users Guide

Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level Comments
Blades, PERC H710P Mini
Monolithic, PERC H810 Adapter,
PERC H330 Adapter, PERC
H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC
H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330
Embedded, PERC H730 Adapter,
PERC H730 Mini Monolithic,
PERC H730 Mini Blades, PERC
H730P Adapter, PERC H730P
Mini Monolithic, PERC H730P
Mini Blades, PERC H730P Slim,
PERC H740P Adapter, PERC
H740P Mini Monolithic, PERC
H830 Adapter, PERC H840
Adapter, PERC H730P MX,
PERC H745P MX and PERC
FD33xD/FD33xS
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
RAID 10 RAID 10 Without adding additional disks
PERC S100, S110, S130, S140
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
Table 37. Possible scenarios for reconguring a virtual disk
Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level Comments
PERC H730P MX, PERC H745P
MX
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.
Reconguration 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.
124 Virtual Disks