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| moodswingz32 2003-05-04, 3:50 am |
| I was wondering if a disk array, that needs to be configured for UNIX, needs to be setup with its own device software or can you install it using UNIX's OWN operating system. My scenario is I'm in the process of setting up a UNIX server for the company I work for. It's going to be a backup of our main server. We have a raid box that needs to be attached. I've never done this but I was wondering if I need to find software to configure this box. I haven't been able to find any RAID install cd's around here. Just trying to get the ball rolling a bit...... | |
| ccieToBe 2003-05-04, 3:59 am |
| Are you just asking about drivers for a RAID controller, or are you looking to setup a Unix box to work with a SAN? | |
| moodswingz32 2003-05-04, 4:28 am |
| Well since you asked that, how about both? I'm open to learning how to setup up both of those two scenarios. If you can help me out here, I'm open also to any suggestions to an eager UNIX learner. Since I've dealing with UNIX off and on, I looked at a UNIX Admin's salary so I figured I'd push myself in this area. Thanks for the response, too. | |
| ccieToBe 2003-05-04, 1:39 pm |
| RAID controllers typically have a firmware component that needs to be configured before the OS will recognize the array. Once that's done, setup Unix to use the driver associated with that RAID controller. This often involves recompiling the kernel.
With a low end SAN (I've never worked with a high end one before), files are shared using some network prototol like SMB or NFS. Again, the kernel may need to be recompiled to support the type of SAN that you're dealing with. |
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