Dell R200 pfsense install with raid 1 configuration
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I have been using a raid 1 configuration on a Dell R200 server with good performance. Recently I have seen failure of one of my raid drives. The R200 running pfsense 2.2.5 continues to be running well with no issues. I have two questions:
A- Does anyone have experience with my hardware configuration? Specifically utilities to handle the drive replacement.
B- Can I use the config file from 2.2.5 on a new instal of 2.3.2. Clearly I could do an upgrade from the console but if there is an issue with drive replacement and resyncing this might not be possible. -
What's the RAID controller on the R200? If it's a hardware controller (It's been a long time since I've been in a Dell shop but I recall the PERC 5 and 6 were), you should just be able to swap in a new drive and the controller will do the rest. The OS should be agnostic about that part, again if it's a true hardware RAID controller.
As for the config file, I'm not sure, but one way to test without blowing things up would be to fire up a 2.3.2 VM and restore your 2.2.5 to it.