[CentOS] IBM X3200

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>> >> I am getting a IBM x3200.. This machine can only
>> support up to 4 x 250GB 
>> >> SATA. I need to have a usable space of 500GB and
>> mirror it to other 
>> >> 500GB.
>> >> IBM proposed me to get 2 RAID cards. Do you guys
>> think i can do raid 0 on 
>> >> the first 2 x 250GB HDD and raid 0 on the second
>> 2 x 250GB hdd, both on 
>> >> hardware raid and then during the installation of
>> centos 5, i raid 1 on 
>> >> both the 2 sets of hardware raids?
>> >
>> > IBM's website says you can use 500GB and even
>> 750GB drives with their 
>> > 'simple swap SATA raid'.    whatever.
>> 
>> Yes That is what i had thought. Total of 4 HDD is
>> 3.0TB, so i presume each 
>> HDD can be 750GB. But the IBM consultant insisted
>> that they had not tested 
>> x3200 with 500GB SATA HDD. If the machine can
>> support that, I wont have a 
>> problem installing CentOS using raid-1 with 2 x
>> 500GB SATA drives.
>> 
>> I wonder who should I listen to. The website or the
>> consultant.
>> 
> Doesn't Consultant = Salesperson ?

Yes.