Reciving my brand new P2000 tomorrow, with 8GB FC hba’s, 300GB 2.5” SAS 10K disks (24 pcs) dual controller etc.
I have a question regarding setup – raid config. I can only create a raid 5 of 16 disks.
What is the smartest way to configure the raid system? 2 x 12 disk raid 5? 3 x raid 5 with 8 disks?
Raid 10 is a waste of space if you ask me, even tho performance is superior! Maybe a raid 50 with all 24 disks?
I will create luns of 5-600 GB a piece I think.
I run a bunch of terminal servers 5-10 users, a few exchanges and AD’s, file servers and some light SQL’s. a total of 27 vm’s.
And what is the suggested stripe size? And should i check allignment on my vm's afterwards?
Give me an idea 🙂