2 RAID controllers

[ovs8]

Hi there,

Our server has an old Adaptec 2005S RAID SCSI controller with 4HDs in RAID5 configuration. I'm planning to expand our data storage capacity by move some of the less dynamic data to the new SATA RAID1 hard drives. I was wondering though, can I have 2 different RAID controllers (SCSI and SATA)on the same system? Or am I better off adding another array group (2HDs in RAID1) to an existing controller?

Thanks a lot,
oleg

 

[anawrocki]

This really is not the correct forum for this topic. In general terms, yes, you can have multiple array controllers. The only thing you need to watch out for is making sure your servers BIOS is going to support it properly from a boot order perspective.

There are some system BIOSs out there that will not boot SCSI when an IDE/ATA device is present.