Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-28 Thread Frank Thommen
On 10/28/2016 09:21 AM, Eneko Lacunza wrote: Hi, El 27/10/16 a las 15:07, Frank Thommen escribió: I also need the battery for smart arrays? If you do not plan to use ZFS, which sort of nullifies the use of a RAID controller, then yes. If you care for your data a BBU is absolutely vital and

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-28 Thread Eneko Lacunza
Hi, El 27/10/16 a las 15:07, Frank Thommen escribió: I also need the battery for smart arrays? If you do not plan to use ZFS, which sort of nullifies the use of a RAID controller, then yes. If you care for your data a BBU is absolutely vital and will give you a noticeable performance boost.

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-27 Thread Frank Thommen
On 10/27/2016 10:05 AM, Eneko Lacunza wrote: Hi, Not trolling, just curious about a thing you said... El 26/10/16 a las 18:20, Michael Rasmussen escribió: I also need the battery for smart arrays? If you do not plan to use ZFS, which sort of nullifies the use of a RAID controller, then yes.

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread David Lawley
Watch nics, my hp units had broadcom nics and the drivers were buggy as heck. Might be better now, but it was a few months of not knowing when they might crap out.. switched to intel and smooth sailing ever since On 10/26/2016 7:47 AM, Info -- Asistar srl wrote: Hello, I need some help I

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Silvestre Figueroa
in my case, in The Smart Array that I mentioned, the battery pack was included. Exact description in bare metal box:* Smart Array P440ar with 2GB FBWC * 2016-10-26 13:11 GMT-03:00 Info -- Asistar srl : >

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:11:03 +0200 Info -- Asistar srl wrote: > thanks for the reply. > I buy the model DL380 Gen9 E5-2620V4 with 64Gb RAM Remember ECC RAM. > I also need the battery for smart arrays? > If you do not plan to use ZFS, which sort of nullifies the use of a RAID

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Info -- Asistar srl
thanks for the reply. I buy the model DL380 Gen9 E5-2620V4 with 64Gb RAM I also need the battery for smart arrays? Ivan Il giorno 26/10/16, 14:37, "pve-user on behalf of Silvestre Figueroa" ha scritto: >Hi all! > >Im

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Silvestre Figueroa
Hi all! Im from Argentina, my english is not so good but I think I can explain me. I have 2 HP servers at PVE 3.2 Cluster, 1 HP DL380 GEN8 y 1 HP DL380 GEN9 (same description that you post). No problems with hardware RAID... dl380 gen9 has a Smart Array P440ar con 2GB FBWC RAID Controller.

Re: [PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Alex Bueno
I have 3 hp servers, 2 dl360 gen9 and 1 dl160 gen 9 with p440 raid controller. 0 issues, work out of the box. El dc., 26 oct. 2016 , 13:47, Info -- Asistar srl va escriure: > > Hello, I need some help > > I want to buy a new HP server and mount proxmox 4.3 on it, because our 8

[PVE-User] Help for new server

2016-10-26 Thread Info -- Asistar srl
Hello, I need some help I want to buy a new HP server and mount proxmox 4.3 on it, because our 8 year old server is faulty. I thought of this: HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 E5-2620v4 but from the forum i have seen that it can have issues with the RAID. Can someone tell me if these issues are addressed