I have RH 6, 6.1 and 6.2 running on IBM and Dell servers with RAID and it
works very well. I have only have 2 disks fail, but RH didn't even notice
(as it shouldn't).
Gavin Durman --- Xavier University LAN System Administrator
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>From: Eric Sisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: IBM ServeRAID + Linux
>Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2000, 12:00 PM
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>I'm wondering if there's been any change in the idea you shouldn't install
>>Linux on a RAID Array. For example if you have three drives, you take the
>>first drive, install Linux on it, then make a RAID array on the other two
>>and mount it. Has this changed? Can I make a big Hardware RAID 5 array
>>and install Linux onto it without worrying I'll screw something up when a
>>disk fails? We're using IBM ServeRAID 3L RAID adapters which work fine,
>>but I keep hearing that you can't do a root RAID array.. hopefully this
>>has changed, has it?
>
> I think this concern is primarily for *software* RAID arrays, especially
> when you want to setup a software root-RAID. I have limited experience
> with hardware RAID arrays, but I don't know why it would be a
> problem. Linux (or any other OS for that matter) essentially "sees" the
> hardware array as disk space and other than any special monitors to detect
> disk failure, doesn't really concern itself with a failed drive. The
> health of the array should normally be monitored by the hardware raid
> card's BIOS.
>
> Again, I don't claim to be an expert on hardware RAID and someone else may
> point out the error of my ways, but I don't see why you'd have any
> difficulty putting the whole mess on a hardware RAID array.
>
> -Eric
>
>
> Eric Sisler
> Library Computer Technician
> Westminster Public Library
> Westminster, CO, USA
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