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Brian G. Lebreck
Hello All,
I have a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC server with the following
configuration:
LSI Logic Perc 4/im RAID Controller
Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 Ultra160 SCSI Controller
3 Maxtor 34.7 GB SCSI Disks
Does anyone have any experience with the Perc 4/im RAID controller? I
have been unable to implement RAID1 ('Integrated Mirroring') with this
controller. I spent 2 hours on the phone with Dell Tech Support and
they basically were clueless and told me I was on my own. I've read
all the documentation that exists (I think!?) for this piece of
hardware.
When booting up the server and hitting Ctrl+A I do not see the
mirroring options for the controller (I don't get the Ctrl+M option) .
Nor do I see any options for the Perc 4/im controller in Disk
Management.
As this server is in China and I'm running out of time on this visit
I'm leaning towards setting up a software RAID1 or RAID5 solution (not
my first choice at all). But I have to provide some degree of fault
tolerance as one of the disks had already failed knocking our small
office out of commission for 2 days.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Brian in Guanzhou
I have a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC server with the following
configuration:
LSI Logic Perc 4/im RAID Controller
Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 Ultra160 SCSI Controller
3 Maxtor 34.7 GB SCSI Disks
Does anyone have any experience with the Perc 4/im RAID controller? I
have been unable to implement RAID1 ('Integrated Mirroring') with this
controller. I spent 2 hours on the phone with Dell Tech Support and
they basically were clueless and told me I was on my own. I've read
all the documentation that exists (I think!?) for this piece of
hardware.
When booting up the server and hitting Ctrl+A I do not see the
mirroring options for the controller (I don't get the Ctrl+M option) .
Nor do I see any options for the Perc 4/im controller in Disk
Management.
As this server is in China and I'm running out of time on this visit
I'm leaning towards setting up a software RAID1 or RAID5 solution (not
my first choice at all). But I have to provide some degree of fault
tolerance as one of the disks had already failed knocking our small
office out of commission for 2 days.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Brian in Guanzhou