Hi,
we have this unit, purchased with 8x 450GB, and now we are looking to move/add more 4x hard-drive from another old server (Dell R410).
Since our main usage is for host virtual hard-drive for VM´s but we also have 525 GB allocated (but not full used) for MS SQL DB.
What is the best approach regarding RAID levels?
I was thinking to use:
- 10x 450 GB >>> RAID 6 = to host vHD to Virtual Machines. It will allow to loose up to 2 hd´s and will provide 3.6 TB
- 02x 450 GB >>> RAID 1 = to use MS SQL. It will allow to loose 1 hd and will provide 450 GB.
So in the future, if we need more space for this SQL DB, we can backup it and then replace these 02 hd in RAID1 for new ones like 2TB each one.
Any help/suggestions will be appreciated.
* we are using Citrix XEN 6.1.