L lte Member Apr 13, 2020 94 40 18 DE Nov 6, 2020 #1 Hi everyone, as my post re the Gen10 controller did not really fly, curious about what you guys are using as cheap RAID1 controller for the ESXi local datastore Thanks!
Hi everyone, as my post re the Gen10 controller did not really fly, curious about what you guys are using as cheap RAID1 controller for the ESXi local datastore Thanks!
S StevenDTX Active Member Aug 17, 2016 490 170 43 Nov 6, 2020 #2 Lenovo 530-8i is about the cheapest that works in ESXi 7.x. I paid $120 for the ones I bought. Reactions: lte
R RTM Well-Known Member Jan 26, 2014 951 357 63 Nov 7, 2020 #3 I don't use ESXi at the moment, so the best I can give is some thoughts on what might work: HP H240 (mostly an HBA, but I believe it also does basic RAID modes like RAID-1) IBM/Lenovo M5210 (a SAS3108 card), definitely does RAID Both are on the HCL (assuming I am reading it correctly): VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search www.vmware.com VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search www.vmware.com
I don't use ESXi at the moment, so the best I can give is some thoughts on what might work: HP H240 (mostly an HBA, but I believe it also does basic RAID modes like RAID-1) IBM/Lenovo M5210 (a SAS3108 card), definitely does RAID Both are on the HCL (assuming I am reading it correctly): VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search www.vmware.com VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search www.vmware.com