PERC H310 – Multiple RAID 1 Arrays

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Currently, I have a RAID 1 (using two 1TB disks) configured on PERC H310 controller on a PowerEdge T420 Server. It currently contains Windows Server 2012, a Hyper-v role, applications and SQL Server database. I'd like to add another RAID 1 (using two 2TB disks) for a similar Hyper-V virtual setup. My questions are:

  1. Does H310 allows two RAID 1 setups to be made? (I know H700 and H800 do, just not sure about H310).
  2. Is it a good configuration considering Hyper-V? My workload on the hyper server will be minimal (10-15 users with moderate database activity).

Best Answer

The H310 supports up to 32 physical and 16 virtual disks. You will be ok to create two raid 1.