Re: setup MSA2050

hi thank you for your answer  giladzzz 

you mean i use 18 1.2 in first 2050 and ssd in second one so it should be like this:

1- msa(1) -> (9*1.2+1ssdRC)+(9*1.2+1ssdRC)  all raid 5--->ramaining slot=4 

so now i have 9*2TBSAS and 7*400ssd

2-msa(2) -> (7*400ssd) raid 5---> remaining slot = 17

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now what you advise?

1-add (3*2TB+1*400ssdRC) to msa(1) raid5 or add (3*2TB+1*2TB spare) ?as i understood from msa2050 best practice block size is 4MB and use 8*512KB data in raids. in 9 hdd it's good because use 1 fo parity and 8 use for data strips.i think it's ok for 3 hdd in raid 5 so isn't it?

2-isit safe or in better way is it usual to use raid 5 in SAN?i am  using this for virtualization with esxi 6.7?

3-do you have any bether idea?

thank you again for spending time on my problem