Hi.
I need your advice on the following situation:
– My company has two HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9 servers (1 x Xeon E5-2690 V4, 32GB RAM) that I’m just starting to set up.
– In both I’ll install Windows Server 2022 Standard.
– One will have a Domain with an active directory that will support no more than 16 workstations and will also have shared folders for these workstations to access.
– The other server will have a suite type client-server accounting system.
– The workload on both will be irregular since not all users will be working at the same time at all times.
– The SATA SSDs I have for these servers are Samsung 870 EVO 500GB, which I will mount in the front trays of the chassis. Note: We don’t have the financial means to purchase the HP ones.
– My intention is to install two Samsung 500GB drives in RAID 1 on both servers using the integrated B140i controller. Note: Can´t obtain a external RAID Controller (Ex.: P440ar) for the same financial situation.
QUESTIONS:
1.- In which of the following scenarios will I get the lowest noise impact from the fans?:
- Using two SSDs in RAID 1, as I mentioned before?
- Using a single SSD in AHCI mode?
I’m asking this because I get the impression that the fans behave differently depending on whether it’s RAID or AHCI.
I really prefer RAID 1 for its benefits, but I also don’t want a couple of jet engines in my server room randomly making such noise, since I’ll have to be working within it frequently.
So, in case your recommendation were RAID 1, I ask you the following so:
2.- Is there a “way” to silence the fan noise so I can use RAID mode?
3.- How should I configure these values when creating RAID 1 in the B140i configuration, based on what I’ve outlined here?:
- Strip Size / Full Stripe Size (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 KB)
- Sector/Track (32, 63)
- Size (Max, Custom)
- Caching (Enable, Disable)
Please, I apreciate your most honest recomendation, even If it has to be in AHCI.
Thank you for allowing me to post this topic here, as I need to clear up these doubts before getting started.
Thank you. Best regards.
PS: Pardon my bad english, i used google translator.