[mythtv-users] OT: Raid Server troubleshooting

[nasa01 at comcast.net]

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "F Peeters (MythTV)" <francesco at fampeeters.com>
> On Thu, October 11, 2007 19:08, nasa01 at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Dan Ritter <dsr-myth at tao.merseine.nu>
> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 01:00:22PM +0000, nasa01 at comcast.net wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Sorry for the OT post....  But I do see lots of people using raid
> >> servers with
> >> thier myth setup and I haven't been able to figure out what is causing
> >> my
> >> issues.
> >> >
> >> > 3x320G && 1x500G in Raid 5 (filesystem is JFS)
> >> >
> >> > /var/log/messages
> >> > rr174x: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> >> > rr174x:0: RocketRAID 174x controller driver v1.02 (Apr 7 2007
> >> 21:39:11)
> >>
> >> Don't do that. Switch over to Linux software RAID via the md
> >> driver.
> >>
> >> -dsr-
> > That could be problematic....  Since I have a lot of stuff on this array
> > (and my backup solution hasn't sized up to match), I would perfer to keep
> > the setup as it is and look at software raid sometime in the future.  This
> > assumes software raid is really the best solution.
> >
> > Nasa
> >
> 
> SW RAID will work on any controller... ATARAID will only work with the
> current card or identical replacements...
Ok,

call me confused...  Are you saying I could convert my hardware solution to a SW solution and still have access to the raid server (presently setup as raid 5).  I thought the switch would mean I would have to wipe the old config and start over.  If this isn't true.....

Nasa

> 
> 1 and 1 is still 10, right?...  ;-)
> 
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> F Peeters
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