Hi Ez, Thanks, I will try it
Worst case if it doesn't work I will have them RescueCD boot and I will install remotely via VPN tunnel or SSH tunnel - which I don't like and not sure if it is possible. On Saturday 28 February 2009 11:10:24 ezaton wrote: > Hi. > > While I agree with Shachar about the advantages of software RAID, this > is not true. All modern RAID controllers maintain a replica of their > configuration on all disks. This allows easy RAID controller migration > between *similar* RAID controllers. > > > If you ship the disks to another server using the same RAID controller > (for HP servers, interoperability is available between almost all RAID > controllers, but for Dell I don't know), and you insert them > _at_the_original_slot_order_, there should be no problem. You will be > able to Import/Activate your array and be happy with it. > > > Ez > > Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > Noam Rathaus wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a server abroad that has a RAID setup - that server has died - > >> I bought another computer but now I want to take disks that I have > >> "prepared" here in Israel on the same computer setup with RAID and > >> ship them. > >> > >> Is it possible to somehow instruct the RAID setup on the new computer > >> (in the US) to use those disks? > >> > >> The computer is a DELL PowerEdge R200 with SAS6iR: > >> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_r200?c=us > >>&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd > >> > >> > >> Details on such a procedure are scarce. > > > > One of the greatest problems with hardware raid is that you need the > > actual controller in order to access the disks. Sorry. > > > > Shachar > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- Noam Rathaus CTO no...@beyondsecurity.com http://www.beyondsecurity.com "Know that you are safe." _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
