[CentOS] raid 5 install

Alexander Dalloz
Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:30:04 -0000

Am 27.06.2019 um 15:36 schrieb Nikos Gatsis - Qbit:
> Hello list.
>
> The next days we are going to install Centos 7 on a new server, with
> 4*3Tb sata hdd as raid-5. We will use the graphical interface to install
> and set up raid.

You hopefully plan to use just 3 of the disks for the RAID 5 array and
the 4th as a hotspare.

> Do I have to consider anything before installation, because the disks
> are very large?
>
> Does the graphical use the parted to set/format the raid?

It does. See the RHEL 7 installation documentation.

> I hope the above make sense.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Nikos

Alexander