Hi,
Another thing you could do is to try creating two RAID0 drives with only
one disk in, I have used this method previously.
Thanks.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew@hodgsonfamily.org]
Sent: 29 December 2008 13:49
To: Frank Ventura; blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Dell RAID to SATA
Hi,
Actually there are many different controllers that Dell put into their
servers, depending on what you wanted at the time.
It is possible that you could disable this in the BIOS, even with the
add-on controller, by changing the disk mode from RAID to SATA, though I
have tended to only do this with higher end Poweredge models.
On another tack, why are you trying to get rid of the RAID?
Thanks.
Andrew.
________________________________________
From: Frank Ventura [Frank.Ventura@littlebreezes.com]
Sent: 29 December 2008 12:58
To: Andrew Hodgson
Subject: RE: [Blind-sysadmins] Dell RAID to SATA
Hi Andrew, I believe the Dell has their own branded 5i/R RAID controller
installed. It is an exspansion slot on the motherboard, not intergral to
the motherboard.
Thanks
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew@hodgsonfamily.org]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:36 AM
To: Frank Ventura
Subject: RE: [Blind-sysadmins] Dell RAID to SATA
hi,
do you know which RAID controller you have in the machine currently?
thanks.
andrew.
--- original message ---
From: "Frank Ventura"
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Dell RAID to SATA
Date: 29th December 2008
Time: 4:38:34 am
Hi all we have a Dell Poweredge SC440 which currently has a factory RAID
controller with two 250gb drives in a RAID 0 configuration. We would
like to eliminate the RAID configuration and boot from a SATA hard disk.
What is involved in this? Is it as simple as removing the RAID
controller and installing a SATA controller and attaching it to a SATA
hard disk? Are there any changes to the BIOS that must be made?
Thanks
Frank
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