Hello. Normally the T110 servers come embedded with software S100 RAID controller. It can be configured to operate both on RAID and no RAID mode. Check the BIOS under SATA settings to confirm. You need a minimum of 2 hard drives in order to configure RAID 1; so you will need additional hard drive preferably of the similar specification as the 1 TB one. Other recommended controllers are H200 which is hardware controller and S300 which is software controller.
Hello Everyone! We have PET 110 ii server with Windows server 2012 Foundation running on it. It presently has one 1TB hard drive. Being completely novice (as collecting answers for someone), could you please help me by answering these few questions: 1) How do I identify if the my server is RAID1 capable? i.e. where do I search for if it has RAID controller card installed (onboard/external) and the related controlling software? What in BIOS should I check that tells me if my server is RAID1 configurable? 2) What are the requirements for a RAID1 configuration? i.e. the another hard drive that is needed, should it be same make and model as currently present? Any recommendations on which are found most compatible for this server. If RAID controller card and/or driver is not present, which is the recommended one that I need to buy?  Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.Thanks! ~ D
PowerEdge T110 ii RAID1 Requirements