1. LVM is more flexible as you can grow partitions and add drives to a logical unit. If you are not familiar with its configuration, better do a manual partitioning. The scsi drivers should be included by default if it's certified on RHEL. 2. Use RAID for fault-tolerance. 3. CentOS 4 is much stable than Fedora.
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@cus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi to all GURUs, > > just recently acquired a ML350 server, and i want > some advice based on your experiences. > > 1. SCSI Drives (2x18.2) > LVM or Manual Partition ? Partitioning a scsi the > same as ide ? Do i need extra drivers for this? > > 2. RAID or notRAID > Should i configure it ? This is really my first time > to configure a server grade machine. > > 3. Linux Flavor ? > This is a machine that will be used for "Enterprise" > material. > I ve been using Fedora, but what distro would be > the best ? > > 4. Suggestions > > TIA, > > really loving linux... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Bring words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.> _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
