Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Raymond Lillard
On 01/31/2011 05:36 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2011/1/31 Steve Brooks: >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: >>> Kenni Lund wrote: >>> >> >>> Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID >>> solution, so if your motherboard suddenly decides to die, how will >>> you then get access to your data? >>> << >

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On 1/31/11 3:24 AM, Les Bell wrote: > > Kenni Lund wrote: > >>> > Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID > solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will > you then get access to your data? > << > > Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for > backu

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/1/31 Steve Brooks : > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: > >> >> Kenni Lund wrote: >> >> Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID >> solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will >> you then get access to your data? >> << >> >> Obviously, you restore it from a back

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Steve Brooks
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: > > Kenni Lund wrote: > >>> > Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID > solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will > you then get access to your data? > << > > Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for > bac

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Les Bell
Kenni Lund wrote: >> Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will you then get access to your data? << Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for backups. Best, --- Les Bell [http://www.lesbell.com.au] T

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/1/30 Michael Klinosky : > Robert wrote: >> You are generally *better off* to *disable* the motherboard RAID >> controller and use native Linux software RAID. > > After my research, I'm realizing that linux doesn't quite support it. > So, I'll probably do as you suggested. I don't know if "lin

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Michael Klinosky
Kai Schaetzl wrote: >> I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. > > Sure about that? This is your first experience with CentOS/RHEL? It'll run zoneminder (to create a dvr for video surveillance). I've been using Cent5.3 (non-server) since it was released, and I used Fedora befor

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kevin K
Thanks. I hadn't really looked in any of this for a few years since I used RAID to combine 2 smaller hard drives into one larger volume. At work, I'm either just a user of a remote server that uses netapp filers for storage, or am running more disposable installs on lower end systems (with 1 h

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:01:56 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > > > At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list > > wrote: > > > > Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really > > hardware raid con

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Kevin K wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list >> wrote: > > >> Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really >> hardware raid controllers, they are 'fakerai

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kevin K
On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really > hardware raid controllers, they are 'fakeraid' and requires lots of > software RAID logic. You are gen

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > Hello. > I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an > Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use > in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a driver > - which

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hello. > I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an > Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use > in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a drive

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Michael Klinosky wrote on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500: > I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. Sure about that? This is your first experience with CentOS/RHEL? > But, I can't find any reference to this chip. I can't tell you either. I think the support for this is comi

[CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-29 Thread Michael Klinosky
Hello. I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a driver - which is probably why it's called a 'fakeraid'. So, I've been trying t