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setting up scsi

  • 15-12-2004 9:01pm
    #1
    TomTom
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭


    I am fairly new to linux but so far so good. the thing is i am building a new pc and the case i am getting from a friend has 3 scsi hdd in it spare and i want to make use of them. I am also getting a controller card from him.
    I do not want to go back to windows so i am wondering will it be difficult to set up the scsi drives as i know very little about raid and that stuff.
    I know i'm not giving ye a lot to go on but a general, **** hard or piss easy style answer would be helpfull.


    I've googled this by the way and got a bit lost at the varity of different views and options.


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  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    So long as you cable up and terminate the SCSI drives correctly and your installer has the correct modules to support the controller you should be fine.

    A RAID5 of the three drives would probably be your best bet.

    Assuming the controller is non-RAID you could use software RAID. The Linux Software RAID HowTo has most information you might need (apart from using mdadm if you chose to use it). In any event the installer for your distribution of choice will probably support software RAID at install time.

    If you do get very lucky and the controller has (proper) Linux supported hardware RAID then all you'll need to do is build a container using the controllers setup utility and the linux driver will present this as one large SCSI volume.


  • #3
    TomTom
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭TomTom


    cheers, i will be installing fedora 3


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