Options B and C are both for cards with external connections. Your 8 drives are internal, right?
You'll be fine with the H700. http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/dell-raid-controllers On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:14 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I ordered a new (outlet actually ) dell server- its an r710 > > 8x 600gb sas > 48 gigs of ram > > I want a raid 10 using 6 drives with 2 hot spares, this will host a 2012 > server and 3 guest, > File Server > Citrix Server > SQL Server / accounting app > > They are asking if I want to keep the integrated card (PERC H700 > Integrated RAID Controller 512MB Cache) or upgrade to; > > > B) PERC6E SAS RAID Controller 2x4 Connectors, External, PCIe512MB Cache, > Customer Install [$849.99] > > C) Dell PERC H800 External RAID Controller Card [$809.99 > > Any thoughts / suggestions /recommendations? > > TIA > > JP >
