If so just not use the fake-raid, disable it, and use soft-raid from BSD.
>
If used soft-raid from BSD, does it consume more RAM or processing
functions etc?
I will have to use this server for PF , OpenVPN , Squid, Postfix or
Sendmail and Apache etc..
> Therfore I can't beleive HP proliant series use a fake-raid....
>
this is HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Url
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/product-detail.html?oid=5379527#!tab%3Dspecs
> Mine is a quite recent model DL380G5 but has a real hardware RAID 6 (I am
> writing this mail from this server).
>
> As mine you may have to enter into RAID carte separate BIOS than the
> mother board BIOS to activate disks & setup RAID-levels
> maybe you missed that step or exited without saving setup.
>
> Hmm, I will look in to it.
>
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