Looking at the Dell PowerEdge 440SC web page for Colombia. The box will have two 250 GB SATA drives. The HD controller is: SAS 5IR SAS,Internal Raid Adapter (SAS5IR)
for HD Configuration) the options are: (1) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 0 (ASASR0) (2) Onboard SATA, 2 Drives connected to Onboard SATA Controller No RAID (MST2) (3) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 1-2 Hard Drives-No RAID (ASAS) (4) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 1 (ASASR1)
Apparently the cost for them is the same. Option 1 (RAID 0) or Option 4 (RAID 1)? Suggestions solicited! TIA, Lanny
BTW: I plan to put CentOS on it. If Dell installs Linux, with 1 year support, down here they charge: (a) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, 1 year subscription to Red Hat Network, English (RH4ES1) [about US$400] (b) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 1 CPU, 1 YR Subscription, FI (SL101S1) [about US$160]
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lanny Marcus
Looking at the Dell PowerEdge 440SC web page for Colombia. The box will have two 250 GB SATA drives. The HD controller is: SAS 5IR SAS,Internal Raid Adapter (SAS5IR)
for HD Configuration) the options are: (1) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 0 (ASASR0) (2) Onboard SATA, 2 Drives connected to Onboard SATA Controller No RAID (MST2) (3) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 1-2 Hard Drives-No RAID (ASAS) (4) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 1 (ASASR1)
Apparently the cost for them is the same. Option 1 (RAID 0) or Option 4 (RAID 1)? Suggestions solicited! TIA, Lanny
BTW: I plan to put CentOS on it. If Dell installs Linux, with 1 year support, down here they charge: (a) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, 1 year subscription to Red Hat Network, English (RH4ES1) [about US$400] (b) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 1 CPU, 1 YR Subscription, FI (SL101S1) [about US$160]
I wouldn't worry too much about the OS HD configuration, you are always going to want RAID1 for the OS, whether software or hardware.
Reason I say not to worry too much about the OS HD config is because you are almost certainly going to put the application or user data on a separate array, so the OS HD is basically used for loading binaries.
-Ross
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RAID 1 is mirroring (data are stored on both diks), RAID 0 is striping (data are split between both disk). If one disk fail, You will loose your data in RAID 0, not in RAID 1.
You can change this setting yourself later using the BIOS menu or the DELL CD.
I recommend RAID 1 for safety
Regards
PS: RAID 1 don't dispense you to regularly check if both disk are healthy and how to replace a defect one without losing valuable data saved on the other.
On 8/29/07, Ross S. W. Walker rwalker@medallion.com wrote:
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lanny Marcus
Looking at the Dell PowerEdge 440SC web page for Colombia. The box will have two 250 GB SATA drives. The HD controller is: SAS 5IR SAS,Internal Raid Adapter (SAS5IR)
for HD Configuration) the options are: (1) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 0 (ASASR0) (2) Onboard SATA, 2 Drives connected to Onboard SATA Controller No RAID (MST2) (3) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 1-2 Hard Drives-No RAID (ASAS) (4) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 1 (ASASR1)
Apparently the cost for them is the same. Option 1 (RAID 0) or Option 4 (RAID 1)? Suggestions solicited! TIA, Lanny
BTW: I plan to put CentOS on it. If Dell installs Linux, with 1 year support, down here they charge: (a) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, 1 year subscription to Red Hat Network, English (RH4ES1) [about US$400] (b) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 1 CPU, 1 YR Subscription, FI (SL101S1) [about US$160]
I wouldn't worry too much about the OS HD configuration, you are always going to want RAID1 for the OS, whether software or hardware.
Reason I say not to worry too much about the OS HD config is because you are almost certainly going to put the application or user data on a separate array, so the OS HD is basically used for loading binaries.
-Ross
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2007/8/29, Lanny Marcus mailing-lists@computer2.com:
Looking at the Dell PowerEdge 440SC web page for Colombia. The box will have two 250 GB SATA drives. The HD controller is: SAS 5IR SAS,Internal Raid Adapter (SAS5IR)
for HD Configuration) the options are: (1) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 0 (ASASR0) (2) Onboard SATA, 2 Drives connected to Onboard SATA Controller No RAID (MST2) (3) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 1-2 Hard Drives-No RAID (ASAS) (4) Add-in SAS5iR (SATA/SAS Controller)-RAID 1 (ASASR1)
Apparently the cost for them is the same. Option 1 (RAID 0) or Option 4 (RAID 1)? Suggestions solicited! TIA, Lanny
BTW: I plan to put CentOS on it. If Dell installs Linux, with 1 year support, down here they charge: (a) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, 1 year subscription to Red Hat Network, English (RH4ES1) [about US$400] (b) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 1 CPU, 1 YR Subscription, FI (SL101S1) [about US$160]
I would use software raid 1.
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