Just got the work that we will be using Advanced Server for all of these
servers.
Also, we will be using hardware RAID.
Thanks,
Cleve
>
> From: -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/02/14 Fri AM 11:43:36 EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Redhat 7.1 and RAID
>
>
> You should be able to setup the RAID devices during install... it is
> pretty straight forward if you know what RAID levels you want. Redhat
> will support booting off RAID-1 or RAID-5 in software. Just
> setup/partition the raid devices in disk druid just like any other disks.
> Also you'll want to write a script to monitor /proc/mdstat and notify you
> if one of the raid members fails. Of course all this is for software
> RAID... if your SCSI cards are RAID, then it's a whole different setup
> (much easier).
>
> Any reason for 7.1? I've had better luck with 7.2 or 7.3. I would go
> with 7.3 just for ext3.
>
> Also Advanced Server shines when you have two boxes connected to shared
> storage (ie Fibrechannel/SAN), for HA/failover. Or if you are running
> Oracle and need the extensive kernel enhancements that Redhat did.
> Otherwise Advanced Server might not do much for you...
>
> -ray
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> Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University
> IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support
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>
>
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Guys,
> > I have the opportunity to add 3 Linux servers to the corporate production
> > environment. I am excited about this but need someone to point me in the
> > right direction about one of the configuration details.
> > All three will use RedHat 7.1, and I believe we will use Advanced Server.
> > Server #1 will have 2 Internal SCSI drives in a RAID 1 configuration.
> > Server #2 will have 3 Internal SCSI drives in a RAID 5 configuration.
> > Server #3 will have 2 Internal SCSI drives and 6 External SCSI drives
> > configured into 4 mirrored pairs - RAID 1
> > This last server will use RedHat 7.1 (2.4.18-17-smp)
> >
> > I need someone to point me to a place where I can get info for setting up
> > the RAID configuration for these 3 servers.
> >
> > Anyone....anyone??
> > Thanks,
> > Cleve
> >
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