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nzkid225
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RAID???

Hi could someone please tell me if I can do raid with esxi. I have a silicon image 3114 but I heard its raid doesnt work with esxi so if there is someway I could do software raid 0 or merge 2x 250gb hard drives together that would be great

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Andrew Hill

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DSTAVERT
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ESXi does not support software RAID. I don't know that you can even get ESXi to install to that controller but you can have a look at http://vm-help.com to see if anyone has had success. The best you would be able to do if it is even possible is have two separate drives.

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AndreTheGiant
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ESX and ESXi only support RAID hardware.

So check in your RAID controller and also check that is supported in HCL.

Andre

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Welcome to the Forums -As Andre posted ESX and ESXi supports only Hardware RAID - here is a link to the HCL http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

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ESXi does not support software RAID. I don't know that you can even get ESXi to install to that controller but you can have a look at http://vm-help.com to see if anyone has had success. The best you would be able to do if it is even possible is have two separate drives.

-- David -- VMware Communities Moderator
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