Raid 5 configuation

[alsolaih]

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I have bought a new server (HP ProLiant DL380G6 E5540 (2.53GHz) Rack Server)
It's specification :
HP ProLiant DL380G6 (1) Intel Xeon Processor E5540 (2.53GHz, 80W, DDR3-1066, HT, Turbo 1/1/2/2),8MB (1 x
8MB) Level 3 Cache,6GB (3 x 2GB) PC3-10600R (DDR3-
1333), Two HP NC382i Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters, Smart Array P410i/256MB Controller,(1) 460W Hot Plug Power Supply,(4) (N+1 Redundancy Standard), Rack (2U)

I want to apply raid 5 technology,
my quetion, what are the steps that I need to perform the raid 5.
I've already 3 HDD (300 GB).

please i need help
thanks

[Spyrus]

Inorder to do the Raid 5 configuration, the following steps needs to be followed:

1. The RAID adapter as well as the hard drives have to be installed in the system.
2. The adapter card has to be configured in the computer's or card's BIOS.
3. After that. you need to install the drivers of the controllers in the Windows operating system.

[alsolaih]

Many thanks for help,

Could you explain Raid 5 technology and how it works, and if there is any pic explained the Raid 5 configurations.

[Shen]

Hello there, RAID 5 is actually a technology that gives a redundant fault tolerance along with the advantages for performance of the system. All the data and information in the system will be safe and only the space of one drive will be used. To use RAID 5, you will need 3 drives that have the same size. You will be able to use the whole space combined by these 3 drives. The more drives that you use for this technology, the more will be its efficiency.

[Snake08]

It is basically a redundant array of inexpensive disks that is which allows a computer to store high amount of data. It combines two or more physical hard disks into a single logical unit using special hardware or software.

[alsolaih]

Thank you for help.

i need to read more about that and how to start configuring my server to use it step by step.

but i think our company is going to make the company that we will take the server from, to configure it and make it ready.


Regards