Redundant RAID Controllers
Joshua Goodall
joshua at myinternet.com.au
Mon Apr 19 01:47:01 CDT 2004
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 01:33 am, Karl Zander wrote:
> Trying to figure out a solution for redundant RAID controllers to
> eliminate the RAID controller as a single point of failure. Is it
> possible to have a RAID 5 array with redundant controllers Will a
> PowerEdge server support that? Does it need a special PERC card?
Yes, it can be done, but usually using external RAID shelves. The disks
themselves need to be either dual-ported SCSI or fibrechannel, since
they have to be attached to both controllers.
-J
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