[CentOS] OT: Suggestions for RAID HW for 2 SATA drives in Dell PowerEdge SC

Thu Aug 30 08:27:52 UTC 2007
Alexander Georgiev <alexander.georgiev at gmail.com>

2007/8/29, Lanny Marcus <mailing-lists at 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.