Topic: Adding internal sata raid for storage

[guest1618]

I have a SME 7.4 with a single SATA 160G for boot and some storage but it is getting full and I'd like to add an internal 1T SATA raid10 using two 1T SATA drives. Again, this would be in addition to the boot disk. Are there any problems I should be aware of before I start? Is there a HowTo? Most of what I have found is for SATA boot drives or not relevant to extra internal storage. I have installed the drives and the system recognizes them as sdb and sdc and returns the correct drive specs but I have not formatted them yet. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.

Below is the output of smartctl -i /dev/sdb; smartctl -i /dev/sdc

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
Serial Number:    JP2921HQ23YT6A
Firmware Version: JP4OA39C
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  Not recognized. Minor revision code: 0x29
Local Time is:    Thu Jul  1 10:21:50 2010 PDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
Serial Number:    JP2921HQ23B6YA
Firmware Version: JP4OA39C
User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  Not recognized. Minor revision code: 0x29
Local Time is:    Thu Jul  1 10:21:50 2010 PDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

[Stefano]

it can be done easily, search the wiki for the howto

just be aware that a single hd for / is a bad choice: should it fail, you'll loose all your customization (and server won't boot)

be sure to have a good backup

[guest1618]

it can be done easily, search the wiki for the howto

I have been a member of this board for a long time and have submitted very few requests because the vast majority of questions I had have already been asked and answered. I always search first. Maybe I'm using incorrect search terms. Maybe I did not understand the howto's. I am not a Linux expert and as I said in my request, I did not find anything on my particular question, that's why I posted the topic.

Why did you even bother to reply? Your response was unhelpful and dismissive. This sort of response to a valid question, and most are, just serves to make people angry and/or intimidated, neither of which is warranted. If you can't be more helpful than this, please don't reply.

[warren]

it can be done easily, search the wiki for the howto

Always start here :

http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page

Right hand side : Howtos  : http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Howto

Pages in category "Howto"

and just below :

AddExtraHardDisk http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk  as a starting point

 Voila, Qui e, quick and easy 

I have been a member of this board for a long time and have submitted very few requests because the vast majority of questions I had have already been asked and answered. I always search first. Maybe I'm using incorrect search terms. Maybe I did not understand the howto's. I am not a Linux expert and as I said in my request, I did not find anything on my particular question, that's why I posted the topic.

Why did you even bother to reply? Your response was unhelpful and dismissive. This sort of response to a valid question, and most are, just serves to make people angry and/or intimidated, neither of which is warranted. If you can't be more helpful than this, please don't reply.

No need to get angry  / dismissive 

[piran]

...I'd like to add an internal 1T SATA raid10 using two 1T SATA drives. Again, this would be in addition to the boot disk. Are there any problems I should be aware of before I start?

You're not going to achieve RAID10 with just 2 drives.
Stephano was spot on with his willing, timely, direct
and honest post ...somewhat unthanked.

[Stefano]

I would add I'm on a beach writing with a palmtop, so searching the wiki is a bit difficult

[cactus]

I would add I'm on a beach writing with a palmtop, so searching the wiki is a bit difficult

Aaaargh... enjoy it. I will have to work today and even have to miss the world cup soccer game of the Dutch this afternoon if things turn out as bad as they seem at the moment... fingers-crossed.