On 1/11/23 10:56, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 10:36, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:

I have a new HPE Prioliant gen10plus that I will be setting up with RAID1.

I have been asking questions on the Centos-user list, but my plan is to
install AlmaLinux 9.1

And I have been following comments about problems with RAID support in it.

Meanwhile in my digging into RAID on my gen10+ install I find:

https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/lsrrb/

And lsrrb.

Why do you need this lsrrb? What is your eventual goal for the system? What is the hardware exactly (number and type of drives, memory, etc) and what kind of RAID are you trying to use? What are the problems you say that are said about RAID support that you are trying to avoid. I think people need a lot more info before anyone can try to answer you.

Fair questions. I really don't know. I have never implement RAID directly. Oh I have it working on my QNAP NAS, but that is a closed system as far as managing the RAID, and I know the RAID works, as I had to replace a failing drive last month.

My goal is that ALL of the software and data is RAIDed. Not just a data store.

I bought the gen10+ for my new mail server. The goal is AlmaLinux and iRedMail for a system that I can expect to run at least 10 years with minimum maint. I am skating on thin ice with my current mail server. I am getting up in years, and don't want to futz so much.

So how, with a software RAID platform, do I make things so that I have complete recovery if even the dist with /boot fails and is replaced? I just don't have the background.

Point me to a guide of how to do this other than what HPE provides. I would be happy to use what is built into AL, but given some recent postings here on RAID problems with 9.1, I need to educate myself.

It is available for RH8. Can I get it to work with AL9.1? should I for
a single server?

It seems to use PXE, TFTP, and kickstart. A lot of work, is it worth
it? Or is there a short cut?

thanks for any help you can provide.

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