[PVE-User] Guidance on how Proxmox 8 treats Intel VROC RAID controller on supermicro x12dpu-6 Server

[PVE-User] Guidance on how Proxmox 8 treats Intel VROC RAID controller on supermicro x12dpu-6 Server

[Joseph John]

Dear All,
We are trying to install ProxMox 8 on Supermicro x12dpu-6 , with Intel VROC
RAID Controller , we have configured  two SSD in RAID 1 , from the BIOS in
hardware level  and  raid volume is created, but when coming to the proxmox
setup , the installation step is not showing the RAID volume, but it shows
the physical disk separately .
Like get guidance  on how Proxmox treats Intel VROC RAID Controller and the
possible next step
Thanks


Thanks
Joseph John

Re: [PVE-User] Guidance on how Proxmox 8 treats Intel VROC RAID controller on supermicro x12dpu-6 Server

[Aaron Lauterer]

Please have a look at the same topic being discussed last month 
https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-user/2023-June/017117.html

TL;DR: VROC is usually a "fake raid" and not a real HW RAID. It only tells the 
OS what software RAID to create. On Linux that would typically be MD-RAID.

Proxmox VE does not ship MD Raid and therefore, those disks will still be 
visible as single disks.

Cheers,
Aaron

On 7/26/23 13:44, Joseph John wrote:
> Dear All,
> We are trying to install ProxMox 8 on Supermicro x12dpu-6 , with Intel VROC
> RAID Controller , we have configured  two SSD in RAID 1 , from the BIOS in
> hardware level  and  raid volume is created, but when coming to the proxmox
> setup , the installation step is not showing the RAID volume, but it shows
> the physical disk separately .
> Like get guidance  on how Proxmox treats Intel VROC RAID Controller and the
> possible next step
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Joseph John
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Re: [PVE-User] Guidance on how Proxmox 8 treats Intel VROC RAID controller on supermicro x12dpu-6 Server

[Joseph John]

Dear Aaron, Stefan
Good afternoon
THANKS a lot
Thanks for the advice of "fake RAID", based on the feedback, we are not
going to use RAID
I will update to the group, our progress
Thanks
Joseph John


On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 6:23 PM Stefan Radman <stefan.radman@me.com> wrote:

> Hi Joseph
>
> Further information and advice on mdraid with Proxmox can be found here
>
> Software RAID - Unsupported Technologies - mdraid
> https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Software_RAID#mdraid
> For non-production/unsupported setups, where you still want to use mdraid
> (please don't!), you can create the required RAID level during Debian
> installation and then install Proxmox VE.
>
> Note the “please don’t”.
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan
>
> > On Jul 26, 2023, at 15:07, Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Please have a look at the same topic being discussed last month
> https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-user/2023-June/017117.html
> >
> > TL;DR: VROC is usually a "fake raid" and not a real HW RAID. It only
> tells the OS what software RAID to create. On Linux that would typically be
> MD-RAID.
> >
> > Proxmox VE does not ship MD Raid and therefore, those disks will still
> be visible as single disks.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 7/26/23 13:44, Joseph John wrote:
> >> Dear All,
> >> We are trying to install ProxMox 8 on Supermicro x12dpu-6 , with Intel
> VROC
> >> RAID Controller , we have configured  two SSD in RAID 1 , from the BIOS
> in
> >> hardware level  and  raid volume is created, but when coming to the
> proxmox
> >> setup , the installation step is not showing the RAID volume, but it
> shows
> >> the physical disk separately .
> >> Like get guidance  on how Proxmox treats Intel VROC RAID Controller and
> the
> >> possible next step
> >> Thanks
> >> Thanks
> >> Joseph John
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> pve-user mailing list
> >> pve-user@lists.proxmox.com
> >> https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > pve-user mailing list
> > pve-user@lists.proxmox.com
> > https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
> >
>
>