Topic: Adding Raid to an Existing SME 7.0rc3 seup

[arnoldob]

Hello,
I currently have this setup with a 60GB hda and a 160GB hdc:

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[root@server ~]# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3             57328476  37684132  16732164  70% /
/dev/hda1               101089      9618     86252  11% /boot
none                    379724         0    379724   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdc1            153834852  26668772 119351664  19% /mnt/bigdisk
I just obtained a new drive of the same size and model as hdc. I would like to migrate to using the identical drives in a soft RAID1 setup as provided by SME. I know I need to:

1. Backup and clean install SME with only the 160GB drives installed. Choose the RAID option during the install
2. Restore user data, etc

Can I just do a clean install from the latest SME 7rc3 ISO with the 160GB drives as hda and hdc or should they be hda and hdb? Does SME care which position the drives are in during a soft RAID bare metal install/restore?

Thanks in Advance

[pfloor]

Can I just do a clean install from the latest SME 7rc3 ISO with the 160GB drives as hda and hdc or should they be hda and hdb? Does SME care which position the drives are in during a soft RAID bare metal install/restore?

Thanks in Advance

You can put the drives on any connector and SME will pick them up and use them to build a raid array.  But the recommended setup is hda and hdc.

This will put the drives on seperate IDE channels and protect you if one of the channels fails.  It will also give you better performance.