>> >> 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.