![]() ![]() I would have two ISCSI targets with MDADM raids at two sites keeping each other in the loop. I am looking a little outside the box here when it comes to using a RAID system, which is actually why I want to use a softraid as opposed to hardware raid and would love your opinion. We seem to be too big for a standard SAN system backed up by tapes, but are too small to justify the expense of an Equilogic type system.įjgaude thank you for your intelligent and open minded response. Do you feel mdadm is acceptable to be used in a small production environment. Are there any web based management and alerting tools for mdadm that can be recommended? (SNMP alert works just fine)ĥ. Is there a way to automatically provision and integrate a newly added hot spare to the array?Ĥ. Linux softraid setup which drives are mirrors Offline#Are you required to take the array offline before adding a new hot spare and removing the old failed drive?ģ. The server I would be setting this up in would have at least 7 SATA drives (two pairs of 3 with 1 hot) and would do nothing other than manage the raid and ISCSI protocol.Ģ. I understand that hardware RAID is the preferred method, but I am having trouble finding cards that are adequate for me (number of drives, hot spare capability and cost are all major factors). ![]() I am looking for peoples opinions that have actually used mdadm for a softraid setup. ![]()
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