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windows home server 2011 with perc6i raid controller
I installed whs2011 on my Dell PE2950 which has the perc6i raid controller. I am having problems with WHS seeing the raid5 array I set up. Does anyone know if WHS2011 will work with a hardware RAID controller like the PERC 6i or is it strictly usable with the slow software RAID built into WHS2011???? Thanks.
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
Windows Home Server is considered a Client Software solution and would not be "supported" option for the Enterprise Level PERC 6i controller. There may be options outside of the normal process. You may try a client driver (Windows 7 to match the 2011 WHS) since the controller is used with some client workstations sold by Dell.
Let us know how it goes.
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
WHS 2011 is based on Windows 2008 R2 and therefor can use the same drivers. You can look for an updated PERC6i driver for 2008 R2, extract it to a USB key and provide this to the Windows install when it looks for a disk to see if it can load the driver and then see the virtual disk on the PERC.
Note: don't make your virtual disk over 2TB or you won't be able to use the space after the 2TB mark on the virtual disk.
tommo666
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
Home Server 2011 is built on server 2008 x64 so the perc drivers for that should work. www.dell.com/.../DriverFileFormats