Flash my PERC 5/i?

[djBon2112]

Hello everyone. I've got a PERC 5/i that I've been running for about a year now, with an array of 750GB drives (5 drives). It's been perfectly fine. Right now I'm in the process of creating a new array of 1.5 TB drives. I'm still using the stock firmware, and I'm considering flashing to the LSI firmware. First of all, would it be a risk to my arrays? Second, would there be any benifit to it (speed, etc.)? Thanks.

 

[sabregen]

You;ll get to use the MegaRAID control Panel, and access all of the original LSI features that the ASIC supports. That being said, I cannot say whether it will be able to properly read any arrays created with the Dell Firmware.

Here's a thread on it: http://www.overclock.net/raid-controllers-software/359025-perc-5-i-raid-card-tips.html

I wish I had one...I need one!

 

[Stereodude]

I'm pretty sure you can use the MegaRAID software even on the Perc 5/i's Dell firmware. It works fine on my Dell Perc 6/i's (that of course have Dell FW).

 

[djBon2112]

I'm pretty sure you can use the MegaRAID software even on the Perc 5/i's Dell firmware. It works fine on my Dell Perc 6/i's (that of course have Dell FW).

Yep I'm using now. But I'm wondering if there's any performance or use bennefit to upgrading the firmware?

 

[Stereodude]

The LSI firmware reportedly performs a little bit better in terms of STR.