--- CentOS List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am getting a IBM x3200.. This machine can only > support up to 4 x 250GB > >> SATA. I need to have a usable space of 500GB and > mirror it to other > >> 500GB. > >> IBM proposed me to get 2 RAID cards. Do you guys > think i can do raid 0 on > >> the first 2 x 250GB HDD and raid 0 on the second > 2 x 250GB hdd, both on > >> hardware raid and then during the installation of > centos 5, i raid 1 on > >> both the 2 sets of hardware raids? > > > > IBM's website says you can use 500GB and even > 750GB drives with their > > 'simple swap SATA raid'. whatever. > > Yes That is what i had thought. Total of 4 HDD is > 3.0TB, so i presume each > HDD can be 750GB. But the IBM consultant insisted > that they had not tested > x3200 with 500GB SATA HDD. If the machine can > support that, I wont have a > problem installing CentOS using raid-1 with 2 x > 500GB SATA drives. > > I wonder who should I listen to. The website or the > consultant. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Doesn't Consultant = Salesperson ?
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