Good. I was wondering if you were going to do RAID 5 with software. Anyway, -ray is right that Advanced Server comes with some nice features. I used it in a web cluster and it pretty much comes ready to roll. If you are doing hardware RAID then setup should be more than simple. My concern though with a lot of Linux hardware RAID support is determing if a drive dies or the board notices some odd errors. Does your RAID vendor support Linux with some kind of poll/notification service that a member of the RAID set is experiencing problems? I'd check on that. Otherwise, you may have to rely on the flashing light behind the computer, underneath the wires...
At 11:05 AM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: >I'm using an adaptec ATA2400a IDE raid 5 controller with linux 6.2... >(don't know if you're partial to scsi drives or not, IDE is just a cheaper >replacement) >Other than it being a little particular about the bios on the motherboard, >it went in sweet and simple.... > >None the less, adaptec is the controller of choice... >and they support linux.... > >Nat > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:19 AM >Subject: [brlug-general] Redhat 7.1 and RAID > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
