[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > Kind of a continuation of a question posed last week. Neither Dell or RH > have wanted to answer my question before a purchase. > > Can I install RH 7.2 on a Dual Channel Box [to be purchased] utilizing > hardware RAID [Raid 1 on OS channel and Raid 5 on Data channel]? Is this an > extremely difficult process for one who has installed RH successfully since 5.2? > > Maybe a stupid question but I hate to make a $10K mistake almost as much as > my partners would hate me for it. > > TIA > > Bob >
A generic answer is yes you can. I've not tried exactly what you're trying to do and you don't say what hardware you're going to use, but I have installed RH 6.2 on dual channel Mylex controllers. The RAID type on a channel is irrelevant (at least with most hardware RAID controllers). A RAID device (group) of any type looks like one big drive to the OS (any OS). All the magic is hidden by the controller. It is also possible on some controllers to have multiple RAID devices on each channel: i.e. two (three?) 5 drive RAID 5 (or whatever) groups. Mylex has 4 channel controllers that are supposed to work just fine under Linux. My system boots off channel 0 of a Mylex controller with the drive configured as a RAID 5 device and I've configured other machines to boot off RAID 0 and 1 devices. Once you get the controller set up (usually through the on board BIOS, you're home free. As I said, I don't currently use RH 7.2; just getting around to upgrading, but if your hardware is supported, the install shouldn't be any big deal. Best Cokey -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email: CSC (formerly Mynd) Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
