On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, James P. Roberts wrote:
> >Hi List ; > > > >Thanks to Robert and Jim for your advice on the AMD issue , I > >will be looking into that with my machine. > > > >I am looking for a software package or packages that offers the > >following for Red Hat : > > > >1) RAID - all levels ( Especially disk mirroring ) > >2) Browser / GUI controlled backups - complete as well as > > incremental backups > >3) Bandwidth and network service control software ( Like CBQ ). > > Software that can ensure that bandwidth will always be available > > for our client's email and internet access. This package must > > run on Red Hat and must be able to control how resources are > > spread and allocated. > > > >Regards , Jason > > RH 7.1 (kernel 2.4.x) includes software RAID support built-in. I > believe it provides RAID levels 0 (mirroring), 1 (striping), and 5. > Take a look at "raidtools" package, and the online RAID how-tos. It was > a PITA to set up, but works great once you do. I personally use a > combination of RAID 0 and 1. Mirroring for program and data partitions, > and striping for /tmp (for speed). YMMV For the record, raid 1 is mirroring. >From the Kernel compilation options: < > RAID support < > Linear (append) mode < > RAID-0 (striping) mode < > RAID-1 (mirroring) mode < > RAID-4/RAID-5 mode < > Multipath I/O support There's a good software raid howto here: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html An important caveat is where the howto describes grabbing raidtools, you'll probably require raidtools2 if you're using a 2.4 kernel. With that gem of info I'd have saved a day of hair pulling. :\ Ian _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
