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  • 1.  Adaptec 5405 RAID 10 With SATA Hard Drives

    Posted Aug 07, 2009 12:51 PM

    Before I buy an Adaptec 5405 RAID controller I want to double check that it is possible to use the raid array it will create to store my datastore.

    I'm planning on using 4 SATA 1TB drives in RAID 10, will this work with vmware esxi 4.0?

    Will I be able to boot from this raid array?



  • 2.  RE: Adaptec 5405 RAID 10 With SATA Hard Drives

    Posted Aug 07, 2009 03:02 PM

    Check if its on the vmware HCL: www.vmware.com/go/hcl

    Would be work check your other hardware as well if you have a white box server.



  • 3.  RE: Adaptec 5405 RAID 10 With SATA Hard Drives

    Posted Aug 07, 2009 03:56 PM

    Its running ESXI 4.0 at the moment but from a single hard drive as none of the on-board controllers are supported by ESXI. I just don't want to buy the adaptec controller and find I need to buy SAS drives for ESXI to use in a RAID array.



  • 4.  RE: Adaptec 5405 RAID 10 With SATA Hard Drives

    Posted Aug 08, 2009 02:19 PM

    Adaptec 5405 is running fine with ESXi 4.0 in a RAID10 setup including booting from this controller. If you use the controller in a whitebox check that the controller chips are well aspirated since the controller is built for a high airflow 2U server. It's possible that you have to provide a extra fan for the controller chipset ...

    Daniel

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  • 5.  RE: Adaptec 5405 RAID 10 With SATA Hard Drives

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 01:45 PM

    Yes it will, I have used the Adaptec 5405 with x4 Western Digital RE drives and also x4 Samsung 1TB drives.

    I have played about with this card using ESXi 3.x/4x raid 1/5/10 works fine, no BBU though.

    3Ware 9690sa-4i also works well but not as good as the Adaptec 5405