[CentOS] IBM X3200

[Steven Vishoot]

--- CentOS List <centoslist at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> >> 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.
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Well then that should answer your question, listen to
the website. :-P

Steven
 

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