Is motherboard RAID-5 needed to run RAIDZ1?

[diedrichg]

Is motherboard RAID-5 needed to run RAIDZ1? *SOLVED*

I've Googled and searched this forum but my search criteria hasn't come up with an answer.

My question is: If a motherboard supports RAID 0/1/10 but does not support RAID-5, will I be able to run RAIDZ1 with my 3 ZFS drives?

 

[gpsguy]

Yes it will. Don't configure any RAID stuff on the motherboard - just let FreeNAS handle it.

 

[pirateghost]

motherboard raid has nothing to do with ZFS. most motherboard raid setups you find are fakeraid and wouldnt work properly anyway with a BSD/linux system.

in other words, DO NOT CONFIGURE MOTHERBOARD RAID AT ALL. just plug the drives in and set BIOS to AHCI mode and start FreeNASing

 

[diedrichg]

Thank you for the replies. I just didn't know enough about motherboard RAID technology that if having RAID on the motherboard was a requirement or if FreeNAS's software RAID did its magic on its own. Thank you!