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Interested to make a RAID

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:29 pm
by AndrewP
what is the solution available for the RAID on BFN System board?

Re: Interested to make a RAID

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:24 pm
by bfadmin
Intel E3845 does not support hardware RAID directly, software RAID is possible and we have achieved it for one of our customer requirements. I am going to add some images for better understanding.

The solution lies in an extra component i.e. BF-RAID-S2M.

It uses two mSATA ports and a SATA connector.

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It shows two SSDs in the BIOS.
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During the installation of pfSense, you will be able to see both SSDs and can use RAID 1

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