[CentOS] Dell mirror raid boot problems

Tue Apr 28 01:44:45 UTC 2009
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote:
> If you are using PERC, it is simply not compatible with Linux, and
> should never be. It is a terrible piece of hardware. I would recommend
> using dmraid

say huh?

Admittedly I'm not up on the newer PERCs, but the older ones I've used 
were mostly LSI Logic/AMI Megaraid hardware, with Dell firmware, and 
seemed pretty damn solid to me.   These were ultra320 scsi systems, with 
hotswap drive bays, and battery backed caches.