I have not used RAID controller boards to date since I have relied on the built in RAID on the motherboards. Thanks to the informative message Byron, I realize the deficiencies of doing RAID 1 this way, especially now that the builtin is out of date with Kernel used by Centos. I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that I need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the 7506-4LP...correct? Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos? Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050909/19eabf4e/attachment.html>
On Friday 09 September 2005 16:08, Todd Cary wrote:> I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that I > need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the 7506-4LP...correct? > Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos? > > ToddYes, the 7506-4LP is a nice card. It works out of the box with 3 and 4 but you should make sure that you update your card to the latest firmware once you get it. The firmware and everything else you need can be downloaded from the 3ware site. Peter.
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 13:08 -0700, Todd Cary wrote:> I have not used RAID controller boards to date since I have relied on > the built in RAID on the motherboards. Thanks to the informative > message Byron, I realize the deficiencies of doing RAID 1 this way, > especially now that the builtin is out of date with Kernel used by > Centos. > > I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that > I need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the > 7506-4LP...correct? > > Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos?Todd- The installation will recognize the 3ware card and the arrays that you build on it (you do this in the card bios Alt+3 at boot). As Peter said, you'll want to make sure the card is using the latest firmware (you'll need a dos boot disk and a floppy with the firmware utility on it, comes as a zip file from the 3Ware site) -- iirc, the latest version is 7.7.1 for 7xxx and 8xxx cards. You also probably want to get run the 3dmd utility as it will notify you about failed disks and other issues by email and can do background media checks... very nice. Sean
Todd Cary wrote:> I have not used RAID controller boards to date since I have relied on > the built in RAID on the motherboards. Thanks to the informative > message Byron, I realize the deficiencies of doing RAID 1 this way, > especially now that the builtin is out of date with Kernel used by Centos. > > I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that > I need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the 7506-4LP...correct? > > Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos? > > Todd > >-- >Ariste Software >200 D Street Ext >Petaluma, CA 94952 >(707) 773-4523 > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >No, CentOS sees the card, standard install will work perfectly