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Title: 4 disk raid install
Post by: frederikbay on March 28, 2008, 04:35:21 PM

Hi All

I 'may' have a small problem with a new server I have build.

The server has 4x 1 TB drives and I assumed after reading http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid (http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid) that they would be installed as Raid 5.

And they are, sort of, but have a look at this screenshot.

(http://www.nerdweb.dk/raid.jpg)

Now I don't know what the raid 1 personality is doing there. But this is the first machine I have done with 4 drives, so maybe this is how it's supposed to be.

Any thoughts?

PS. Have to add that I first did the installation with 3 drives, and when I got the 4th drive, I ran the installation and did an erase - install.

Frederik

Title: Re: 4 disk raid install
Post by: byte on March 28, 2008, 06:58:46 PM

SME Server installs your raid as 3+1spare, so your screen shot looks fine.

Title: Re: 4 disk raid install
Post by: frederikbay on March 28, 2008, 07:24:31 PM

Ok, thanks byte

but I'm still a bit confused about the raid1 personality.

anyway of to install some contribs  :-D

Title: Re: 4 disk raid install
Post by: CharlieBrady on March 28, 2008, 07:33:41 PM

Quote from: frederikbay on March 28, 2008, 04:35:21 PM

Now I don't know what the raid 1 personality is doing there.

RAID1 is there because the /boot partition is mirrored on each of your drives.

Title: Re: 4 disk raid install
Post by: frederikbay on March 28, 2008, 08:09:19 PM

Charlie, thank you for clarifying.