> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Collins, Kevin L. > Sent: 10. august 2009 17:53 > To: Dell Poweredge list server > Subject: Large File Systems, GPT, MD1000 > > > > I'm trying to deploy a system comprised of a PE1950 + PERC > 6/E + MD1000 with 14x1 TB drives. I'm installing Ubuntu > Hardy (8.04 LTS) server on the machine. Internally the > PE1950 has a PERC 6i hooked to two 750GB drives in a RAID 1. > That's where the OS will live. The MD1000 is simply gonna be > used for storage - with LVM and XFS. Everything is > recognized and is working.
Be aware that Dell does not "officially" support XFS, on the grounds that it is not a "default" filesystem choice of the operating system. If you run into issues, with PERCs and you are asked the filesystem type, you might get a "we do not support this" response if you say "XFS". We had an issue on a SUSE box with a PERC that went a little nuts after a power bump. Needed help getting the vdisks back into shape. Dell wouldn't help on the operating sytsem side because it had an XFS filesystem. Had the same issue with Dell and EMC vs XFS for medium-size (20+TB) filesystems too. It's explicit in the EMC docs. YMMV but for sure be prepared in case you are asking for support. Note that in spite of the above we run XFS on numerous machines, for ourselves and customers, quite successfully. --John _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
