03-06-2012 11:34 PM - edited 03-01-2019 10:18 AM
Hi,
I have two C210 M2 Server with LSI 6G MegaRAID 9261-8i Card with 10 hard drives of each 135GB. When I tried the automatic selection for the RAID configuration, the system has created one virtual drive with RAID 6. My concern is what the best practice to configure virtual drive? Is it RAID 1 and RAID5 or all in one drive with RAID6? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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03-07-2012 08:10 AM
Since you are planning to have UC apps on the server, Voice applications have specified their recommendations here.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Tested_Reference_Configurations_%28TRC%29
I believe your C210 server specs could be matching TRC #1, where you need to have
RAID 1 - First two HDDs for VMware
RAID 5 - Remaining 8 HDDs as datastore for virtual machines ( CUCM and CUC )
HTH
Padma
03-07-2012 04:00 AM
Hello,
Just curious, can you please let us know how did you create automatic RAID configuration ? Did you use Server Configuration Utility ?
The application determines disk IO requirements and would influence RAID configuration too. The best practice must consider application requirements.
Padma
03-07-2012 07:57 AM
Hi Padramas,
Thanks for your reply. I did use the configuration wizard by pressing Ctrl-H during the boot process. I will install Unified Communication Manager 8.6 and Unity connection 8.0. The user size might grow to 1000-1500 users. May be in future, I might install UCCX. Considering this configuration settings, what would be the best practice. Appreciate your help.
Thanks.
03-07-2012 08:10 AM
Since you are planning to have UC apps on the server, Voice applications have specified their recommendations here.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Tested_Reference_Configurations_%28TRC%29
I believe your C210 server specs could be matching TRC #1, where you need to have
RAID 1 - First two HDDs for VMware
RAID 5 - Remaining 8 HDDs as datastore for virtual machines ( CUCM and CUC )
HTH
Padma
07-16-2013 08:46 PM
The Reference Configurations page has moved and is now located here:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/UC_Virtualization_Supported_Hardware
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