Folks,
I currently have a Dell PowerEdge R420 server running VMware ESXi 5.5. The server has the following specs:
- 2 x Xeon E5-2440 2.4Ghz 6core
- 96GB RAM
- 2 x 300GB SAS 10k 2.5in HDDs
- 6 x 1TB SATA 7.2k 2.5in HDDs
- PERC H310 controller
I need to add 12 x 1TB 7.2k SATA 3.5in drives (already on-hand) for additional storage.
I will most likely configure drives into 2 arrays (RAID10 or RAID6) and add new drives to ESXi as new datastores. Can anyone tell me what are the supported DAS enclosures and recommended storage controller to accomplish this?
Thanks for any help you can provide.