[Discussion] D4-320 DAS - pre purchase question [SOLVED]

[mikebenson222]

Can I go with software RAID in Ubuntu server 24.04LTS? I like to mdadm.

I tried with another brand of DAS, but ubuntu never got past the recovery stage of a new RAID. All disks added properly, but never finished the RAID 5 build with 4 disks. Kept removing them after some time. I did move disks around and swapped out disks with spares.

Thanks for the discussion.

[TMzethar]

In theory, it is feasible, but we have not tried it on this version of Ubuntu.

[mikebenson222]

Would you be able to tell me that mdadm RAID 5 worked in server 22.04? I am returning the other DAS because it's not working as intended, and I would prefer to get something that actually works.

[TMbuddy]

Hello, it's possible.