Should I avoid using the Storage Pools feature of 2012 since I have a hardware RAID controller (Perc H710)?
I've found conflicting advice on this issue such as:
- Disable HW RAID in favor of Storage Pools, but then I won’t have access to the drives because the storage is local and must be configured in RAID Bios
- Use HW RAID to setup RAID1 on two drives for Parent OS, and then HW RAID0 all other drives so they are seen by Windows, but then use Storage Pools to manage those drives
- HW RAID10 all drives into one large drive, and then use Storage Pools
- Avoid Storage Pools altogether in favor of HW RAID
I’d like to eventually cluster the storage with another physical server and its local storage too.I wanted to mention that in case that makes a difference.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.