[SOLVED] Raid Help

[R3clus3]

Hello All!

I am new to the forum and would like to get some opinions on different routes I should go. I'll try to keep this condensed as possible without leaving out too many details. I recently started with a company and was tasked with looking over a server that was being looked over by the previous IT person. My manager wants me to set up a raid but upon looking at it and chatting with Dell tech support, i've come to find out that server was shipped with an HBA 330 that does not support raid setup and I would not be able to use software raid S140 on system since there is no SATA cable between motherboard and backplane on system. According to Dell, what is needed here is a hardware raid that can replace existing HBA 330. They propose that I purchase an

H330+ (https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/perc-h330-raid-controller-adapter-ck/apd/405-aamv)
or
H740P ( https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-perc-h740p-raid-controller/apd/405-aamx)


Does this seem to be the best route to go? any advice/opinions ?

Appreciate your time and advice


Best Regards,

R-

 

[USAFRet]

Why RAID?
What type of RAID array?
What is the actual backup routine?

A zillion other questions come to mind.

 

[R3clus3]

Why RAID?
What type of RAID array?
What is the actual backup routine?

A zillion other questions come to mind.

Why RAID?
What type of RAID array?
What is the actual backup routine?

A zillion other questions come to mind.

Thanks for your response, I suppose "why raid" is the million dollar question. Would you recommend something different? I do apologize for not being very familiar with this but I'd rather be upfront and get an expert opinion on this and learn instead of making a poor decision. Thank you very much for your help.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for your response, I suppose "why raid" is the million dollar question. Would you recommend something different? I do apologize for not being very familiar with this but I'd rather be upfront and get an expert opinion on this and learn instead of making a poor decision. Thank you very much for your help.

The first thing to internalize is - RAID is not a backup.
Redundancy and uptime in the event of physical drive fail. That's about it.
There are many many other ways the data can go bye bye.

Far far too many people think a RAID 1 is a 'backup'. It is not.

What is this system used for?
What (and how much) data is on it?
What does your company do?
How many people?
etc, etc

 

[R3clus3]

The first thing to internalize is - RAID is not a backup.
Redundancy and uptime in the event of physical drive fail. That's about it.
There are many many other ways the data can go bye bye.

Far far too many people think a RAID 1 is a 'backup'. It is not.

What is this system used for?
What (and how much) data is on it?
What does your company do?
How many people?
etc, etc

The company deals with custom metal working and the server is going to be a replacement for a ERP systems that we use for day to day business (quote, ordering, sales...etc). There is nearly 150GB of data on there now and the company has roughly 100 users