Re: [PVE-User] Intel RST / VROC support in latest Proxmox?

["Konold, Martin" <martin.konold@konsec.com>]

Hi,

if you love your data do not go for hw raid but ZFS instead.

Proxmox has native support for ZFS.

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On 2023-06-27 10:33, Aaron Lauterer wrote:
> AFAIK, VROC has two variants, actual HW RAID and so-called fake RAID.
> If it is the fake RAID variant, it will be ignored and the single
> disks should be shown in the installer.
> 
> If it is an actual HW RAID, it should only show a single block device
> for each RAID to the OS.
> 
> In consumer boards, the chances of VROC being the fake RAID variant
> are quite high.
> 
> But why not ZFS with mirrored (maybe even multiple mirrored disk, RAID 
> 10 like)?
> In case of a disk failure, the handling of it is much nicer and if you
> can hotplug the disks, you don't even need to power down the machine.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
> On 6/27/23 09:50, Philippe Andersson wrote:
>> Hello List,
>> 
>> Quick question. I'm currently looking into upgrading my home Proxmox
>> server (using PC components meant for the home market, for cost
>> reasons), and getting a "real" hardware RAID proposition under these
>> conditions turns out to be quite an ordeal. Intel RST/VROC seems to be
>> the only available option.
>> 
>> Can anyone on this list please confirm whether these technologies are
>> supported by the latest Proxmox VE installer/kernel ?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Ph. A.
>> 
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