> From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.