--- 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. > >> > > Doesn't Consultant = Salesperson ? > > Yes. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Well then that should answer your question, listen to the website. :-P Steven Get your Art Supplies @ www.littleartstore.com