>> >> From: "m.roth at 5-cent.us" <m.roth at 5-cent.us> >>To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:59 PM >>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dell R515 with PERC H700 - JBOD? >> >> >> My plan is to have a system where I can remove and replace the drives >> regularly, while the system is on/running. I do this on a SuperMicro, but >> wanted to migrate this server to a Dell. >> >> I tried disabling the RAID in the BIOS, but then the installer never sees >> the disks. > >No, that wouldn't work - the PERC mediates between the drives and the >BIOS. Until they're set up in the PERC firmware, the BIOS can't find the >drives. > >One more question: why do you want to regularly replace the drives? I >mean, are you including /? > > mark I'm running a backup server (bacula), and the media I use are 7 SATA disks. Every week, I remove 7 disks and replace with 7 new disks. I have a 3 week rotation. Works great. But I wanted to migrate to a new Dell system. Thanks for the reply! Regards, Joseph Spenner ______________________________________________________________________ If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html