Are mixed disk types possible on a Dell Perc h710p? [closed]

Solution 1:

It's possible as long as the drives are not mixed together. In addition, I would reccomend using nearline SAS drives instead of SATA for stability reasons.

Solution 2:

Mixed SAS/SATA drives cannot be combined in a single common virtual disk or RAID set, but you can create separate VDs with various types (RAID1 on SAS, and a separate RAID5 on SATA).

Source: Documentation (below), and personal experience in Dell Storage Support.

H710 User's Guide

Page 9: "Mixing SAS and SATA drives within a virtual disk is not supported. Also, mixing hard drives and SSDs within a virtual disk is not supported."

I was able to accomplish something similar what it sounds like you're wanting about a week ago; Existing VD on SATA disks, new SAS drives added to a server, and the H710 allows to create a 2nd separate VD on the added drives.