[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.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
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Doesn't Consultant = Salesperson ?

Steven
 

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