CentOS - Aug 2013 - Dell R515 with PERC H700 - JBOD?

Hello, I'm curiuos if anyone knows if it's possible to set up a Dell
R515 (which has PERC H700) to be JBOD.
It seems the only options are RAID0 or RAID1.
I read posts, where people say it can by done by making each disk its own
RAID0.? This works, but it wigs out when that disk is removed, and forgets a
disk was ever there (unless I go back in the PERC and fix it).
My plan is to have a system where I can remove and replace the drives regularly,
while the system is on/running.? I do this on a SuperMicro, but wanted to
migrate this server to a Dell.

I tried disabling the RAID in the BIOS, but then the installer never sees the
disks.

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks!

Regards,
Joseph Spenner

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Joseph Spenner wrote:
> Hello, I'm curiuos if anyone knows if it's possible to set up a
Dell R515
> (which has PERC H700) to be JBOD.
> It seems the only options are RAID0 or RAID1.
> I read posts, where people say it can by done by making each disk its own
> RAID0.? This works, but it wigs out when that disk is removed, and forgets
> a disk was ever there (unless I go back in the PERC and fix it).
Unfortunately, I don't know any other way, with the PERC in it.
> My plan is to have a system where I can remove and replace the drives
> regularly, while the system is on/running.? I do this on a SuperMicro, but
> wanted to migrate this server to a Dell.
>
> I tried disabling the RAID in the BIOS, but then the installer never sees
> the disks.
No, that wouldn't work - the PERC mediates between the drives and the
BIOS. Until they're set up in the PERC firmware, the BIOS can't find the
drives.

One more question: why do you want to regularly replace the drives? I
mean, are you including /?

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