I am setting up a File Server, and I'm thinking I would like to use the 5 160 GB drives that I have in a RAID 5 array.
I'm planning on running Ubuntu 6.10 Server (unless someone can tell me a better distro). Here is the hardware I'm planning:
MSI 865PE II MOBO (supports 4 IDE, 2 SATA)
P4 2.6Ghz
Sapphire 9200 AGP card
Promise Ultra 133 TX2 (supports 4 IDE drives)
Rosewill 4-channel SATAII (Promise based)
5 160GB WD IDE Drives
5 500GB WD SATA Drives
1 36GB Raptor (OS drive)
1 Samsung 8x DVD+-R/RW
I will have the DVD drive and a 160Gb, each on it's own channel off the MOBO. The other 4 160's will be on the Promise card.
Will this work for RAID 5 with Linux software running the RAID config?
The 5 500's are not in a RAID config.
I'm open to any comments here too! Thakns!
I'm planning on running Ubuntu 6.10 Server (unless someone can tell me a better distro). Here is the hardware I'm planning:
MSI 865PE II MOBO (supports 4 IDE, 2 SATA)
P4 2.6Ghz
Sapphire 9200 AGP card
Promise Ultra 133 TX2 (supports 4 IDE drives)
Rosewill 4-channel SATAII (Promise based)
5 160GB WD IDE Drives
5 500GB WD SATA Drives
1 36GB Raptor (OS drive)
1 Samsung 8x DVD+-R/RW
I will have the DVD drive and a 160Gb, each on it's own channel off the MOBO. The other 4 160's will be on the Promise card.
Will this work for RAID 5 with Linux software running the RAID config?
The 5 500's are not in a RAID config.
I'm open to any comments here too! Thakns!