[CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Thu Nov 2 14:40:59 UTC 2017


Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 02 November 2017 14:10:25 Bowie Bailey wrote:
<snip>
> By using H/W RAID, it's literally just a case of removing the dead drive
> and inserting the replacement. I've got a number of IBM and DELL boxes
> like this.
> it's just a pity they're not compatible with Linux so I can't monitor or
> manage them while the servers are running. The only way I know I have
> problems is by watching the LEDS

I don't understand the above - what's not compatible with Linux? We've got
a ton, and if it's a Dell PERC/LSI, MegaRaid works just fine to monitor
the drives.

    mark




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