Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/1/30 Michael Klinosky m...@enter.net: 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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Les Bell
Kenni Lund ke...@kelu.dk 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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Steve Brooks
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: Kenni Lund ke...@kelu.dk 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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/1/31 Steve Brooks ste...@mcs.st-and.ac.uk: On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: Kenni Lund ke...@kelu.dk 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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On 1/31/11 3:24 AM, Les Bell wrote: Kenni Lundke...@kelu.dk 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

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 Brooksste...@mcs.st-and.ac.uk: On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: Kenni Lundke...@kelu.dk wrote: Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID solution, so if your motherboard suddenly decides to die, how will you then get access to

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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org 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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Michael Klinosky m...@enter.net 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

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 centos@centos.org 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.

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

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

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

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

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

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 before

[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