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I have an old server with software raid and I would like to install ESXi with 2 hard disks.

I have read that I can install a guest (i.e. Ubuntu Server) and add two hard disks in different datastores to create a fake raid 1 setup.

Is it a good idea in terms of redundancy? I know that ESXi will no have nothing to do with the raid configuration.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Why would you need to do this?
    – joeqwerty
    Feb 1, 2016 at 19:23
  • Fake RAID is never a good idea. There are many, far better ways to sabotage a system. Feb 1, 2016 at 19:28
  • You might be better off switching to another hypervisor that will do a software RAID, or support your fakeraid controller, if you really want to use this hardware.
    – Zoredache
    Feb 1, 2016 at 19:30

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No, this is not a good idea.

If you want to run VMware and have RAID protection, you need a supported hardware RAID solution.

Please see: Software RAID underneath ESXi datastore

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