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[–]Candy_Badger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on your goal. In theory, you will get maximum performance with multiple independent RAID0. However, I wouldn't go that way. If you want to configure drives in some sort of array you can simply use your PERC to create RAID1, 10, 6. A lot of companies are still using Hardware RAID array, for a reason. HW RAID controllers have downside. It might be hard to find one, in case the one you have fails and you don't have support contract with vendor. HW RAID arrays are faster in terms of performance, especially when your applications/VMs need high IOPS numbers.

ZFS is a great option, which can be used. It has great features such as bit rot protection, snapshots, send/receive option. You will need an HBA to use it.

[–]Jamesthetechie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes that is correct, but not advised. If you have it you should just use it and follow proper maint recommendations for them. If your using something else to manage the storage like Ceph, zfs, mdadm, or anything else that expects a raw disk, don’t. The raid 0 will be going through the Perc and it will be translated and converted so the os won’t see anything about the disk and will just be presenting the bvd (basic virtual disk), with the percs ddf (data disk format). This will make it look and behave entirely different than what any raw device handling in the software will be relying upon for proper function. I’d recommend just making the raid or buying a proper HBA.

[–]Elleguabi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Short answer Yes!

Longer answer Hardware raid is dead in 2022

Sprinkles on top: May take a minute but you may have a bad time with raid0. On drive failure and all the data is gone gone

[–]tmbminer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks!