azure migrate physical server

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azure migrate physical server

eg1995 1,156

hi team,

i am looking to migrate my physical servers to azure. as per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix#storage, Raid are not supported.

however, normally most of the physical servers disks will be configured with RAID.

does anyone has input on the above? or have confronted this scenario before?

thank you always for the support

eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-13T12:50:55.38+00:00

anyone team?
eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-15T11:49:15.473+00:00

thanks @SadiqhAhmed-MSFT but what i wanted to know is the following:

when the matrix refers to RAID is not supported, i know that on azure RAID is not available but i want to know if i can migrate or replicate physicals servers that are using Disks configured under RAID or the replication will fail?
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-02-15T13:57:38.323+00:00

If you are using Azure Migrate, I recommend you perform a test migration.
eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-16T05:54:55.77+00:00

thanks, but i can;t do that right now. because i am planning for the full migration project, customer wants answer before testing or assessing so..
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-02-16T06:00:11.953+00:00

As mentioned earlier the scenario isn't supported as of today. We can have this forum open for other community members to share their experience.

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eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-13T12:50:55.38+00:00

anyone team?
eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-15T11:49:15.473+00:00

thanks @SadiqhAhmed-MSFT but what i wanted to know is the following:

when the matrix refers to RAID is not supported, i know that on azure RAID is not available but i want to know if i can migrate or replicate physicals servers that are using Disks configured under RAID or the replication will fail?
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-02-15T13:57:38.323+00:00

If you are using Azure Migrate, I recommend you perform a test migration.
eg1995 1,156 Reputation points

2022-02-16T05:54:55.77+00:00

thanks, but i can;t do that right now. because i am planning for the full migration project, customer wants answer before testing or assessing so..
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-02-16T06:00:11.953+00:00

As mentioned earlier the scenario isn't supported as of today. We can have this forum open for other community members to share their experience.

Answer 1

@eg1995 Thank you for your post!

RAID is not supported by ASR as of now. And there are no plans to support it in the near future.
Am afraid to say 'No' workaround available with us currently.

RAID is designed to limit/mitigate hardware failures and controlled by a RAID controller (HW). Azure uses Software defined storage so you no longer control physical storage.

I believe at ASR migration the RAID is lost and resiliency is now determined by the storage type you select.

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