Hardware RAID on Linux - Configuration questions
"Mark Cuss" <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:26:03 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C3FA21.593B9E50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello I've used software RAID pretty extensively before, but I'm looking into = getting a Dell Server and attaching a 220s SCSI Disk array to it using a = PERC4 card. I've got some questions about how the configuration works = as compared to software RAID... If I've posted this to the wrong place, = please accept my apologies and let me know where I should post this. My question basically is: How does one configure RAID devices when = using a hardware RAID? Is this done somehow through the controller BIOS = or its it done through the OS? To add a software RAIDs I would edit the = raidtab file as necessary and issue the "mkraid" command, create the = filesystem, and that was it - the RAID was ready for use. Are hardware = RAIDs configured in the same manner? Or is some utility software = included with the driver? Thanks in advance, Mark Mark Cuss, B. Sc. Real Time Systems Analyst System Administrator CDL Systems Ltd Suite 230 3553 - 31 Street NW Calgary, AB, Canada Phone: 403 289 1733 ext 226 Fax: 403 282 1238 www.cdlsystems.com ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C3FA21.593B9E50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've used software RAID pretty = extensively before,=20 but I'm looking into getting a Dell Server and attaching a 220s SCSI = Disk array=20 to it using a PERC4 card. I've got some questions about how the=20 configuration works as compared to software RAID... If I've posted = this to=20 the wrong place, please accept my apologies and let me know where I = should post=20 this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My question basically is: How = does one=20 configure RAID devices when using a hardware RAID? Is this done = somehow=20 through the controller BIOS or its it done through the OS? To add = a=20 software RAIDs I would edit the raidtab file as necessary and issue the = "mkraid"=20 command, create the filesystem, and that was it - the RAID was ready for = use. Are hardware RAIDs configured in the same manner? Or is = some=20 utility software included with the driver?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark Cuss, B. Sc.<BR>Real Time Systems=20 Analyst<BR>System Administrator<BR>CDL Systems Ltd<BR>Suite 230<BR>3553 = - 31=20 Street NW<BR>Calgary, AB, Canada</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phone: 403 289 1733 ext 226<BR>Fax: 403 = 282=20 1238<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.cdlsystems.com">www.cdlsystems.com</A></FONT></DIV></B= ODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_014B_01C3FA21.593B9E50-- _______________________________________________ Linux-aacraid-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-aacraid-devel Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/