Linux Mandrake supports Software RAID, I don't know about the hardware raid
devices but that probabaly works as well.. You can do RAID 0, RAID 1
(miror), RAID 4 and RAID 5 (maybe other RAIDs as well).
It is not diffelcult to set it up. An example for a mirror (RAID 1) is:
In a simpel basic explation you do:
- Install Linux like you do normaly
- Create a New partion on you second drive (type RAID Linux auto)
- Format the RAID partition
- Copy your files to the raid partition
- Configure your /etc/fstab and /etc/raidtab
- Boot From your new Linux Raid Partition
- If this works Make the old Partition type Linux RAID auto, format it and
mount it in your RAID1 array.
- The new disk will automatically sync with the other disk,
Like I said this was a implified form of RAID setup. To read all the
details please read the Software RAID howto documentation. There is a lot of
documentation on the web as well so look around and you will find what you
need. Tip!: You can use webmin to create RAID arrays, format the Array
etc...
I don't have RAID running anymore so I cannot give you examples. But I know
it works because I had it runnning a while back. And with either Redhat or
Mandrake it is fairly easy to set it up.
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Expert Linux Mandrake Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: [expert] Linux RAID capabilities
>
> Sirs,
>
> I am currently planning out a machine to be used when Mandrake 8.0 appears
> in full. In addition to the standard SCSI drives I will be using, I want
> to toss in two IDE 20 GB drives in a mirrored RAID.
>
> Basically, what I want to know is does Linux support a software RAID? If
> so, how do I configure it?
>
> If someone here could let me know of this, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
