On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 05:28:47PM +0100, Bernie Elbourn wrote: > Hi > > I have one of these running Wheezy - been stable for years without issue. It > also has original firmware etc. Yep - needs updating.... > > Has anyone got one of these running Jessie, or Stretch OK ... Is/was there > any pain? > > Debian is actually safely on a sata ssd - the raid array holds all the data > in logical volumes. >
This will all work with stretch. Go through Jessie first. Some large percentage of the HP P8xx RAID cards eventually developed hardware bugs that would crash the system. If that starts happening to you: 1. Backup your data to another system. 2. Replace the P8xx card with an LSI 20xx or 30xx SAS/SATA card. There are relatively cheap adapter cables that will work. Check before buying. 3. Create new RAID and filesystems, restore your data. -dsr-
