hi ya bill
using "pull the disk out and see if it boots ..write data to it and
repeat to all the other disks " as the measure of success or not...
i think most onboard (firmware) raid does not work "right"
software raid, when configured properly works fine...
lots of how to .. depending on your situation ..
http://www.1U-Raid5.net/HowTo/
hardware raid, when using the right controllers work fine too
linux supported chipsets for hardware raid
http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html
whether raid is worth the time and energy depends on how much data
you have and how often your disk dies and how you recover from disk
crashes
- i need large disk partitions .. ( raid0 is required for me )
- i do mirroring periodically via scripts
have fun
alvin
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Bill Wohler wrote:
> Has anyone used RAID on a fresh woody install recently and would be
> willing to share their thoughts on the process?
>
> I just bought the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP motherboard (VIA KT333 chipset
> with Promise PDC20276 RAID controller) naively thinking I could set up
> RAID0 on the motherboard (on two IDE drives) and that I could simply
> make a fresh woody install on One Big Disk.
>
> What was I thinking?
>
> According to RAID Solutions for Linux [1], I'll need the drivers for
> this controller. Do I? The ATA RAID HOWTO [2] speaks about an ft
> controller that I can obtain, but can I use that with a fresh Debian
> install? In the current 2.4.18 kernel, are the following seemingly
> related modules or settings useful? pdcraid.o, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX
>
> Otherwise, it seems that using RAID is a nightmare [3] and is more
> trouble than it's worth.
>
>
> 1. http://linas.org/linux/raid.html
> 2. http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/ATA-RAID-HOWTO
> 3. http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
>
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
