Thank you!
so... I have two options:
Option (A)
1) I stay as it is, one single RAID6-30TB Logial drive, for perfomance reason. (why is this has better performance?)
2) Can I "increase" my "datastorage1" upto the max space available that is about 27TB ?and no problem with the 2TB limitation?
3) Create/add new hard drives to my Virtual Machines but less that 2TB, since the vmware limitation.
Option (B) (this is just to know)
If I want to create a second virtual drive, to see 2 LUN availables on vmware, I should:
1) reebot my server, go to HP Raid config, DELETE my actual RAID6, (which will make loose all my data and virtual machines)
2) select the drives, say on two groups of 6 drives, create two RAID6 and then two Logical drives. (6-2)x3TB=12TB Logical drive x2 =24TB;
which is less than 30TB on option (A), (because I am lossin 2 drives on reach raid)
right?
just to add,
This server will record video from many cameras.
I know many people recomend RAID10, or 5 (high write speed) but I read many recomendations that for video recording, Raid 6 is better since is very common to lose a 2nd drive during recovery of the 1st drive.
I really appreciate your time and the help on this !!
regards,
Andres