>>
>> From: "m.roth@xxxxxxxxx" <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:59 PM
>>Subject: Re: Dell R515 with PERC H700 - JBOD?
>>
>>
>> My plan is to have a system where I can remove and replace the drives
>> regularly, while the system is on/running. I do this on a SuperMicro, but
>> wanted to migrate this server to a Dell.
>>
>> I tried disabling the RAID in the BIOS, but then the installer never sees
>> the disks.
>
>No, that wouldn't work - the PERC mediates between the drives and the
>BIOS. Until they're set up in the PERC firmware, the BIOS can't find the
>drives.
>
>One more question: why do you want to regularly replace the drives? I
>mean, are you including /?
>
> mark
I'm running a backup server (bacula), and the media I use are 7 SATA disks. Every week, I remove 7 disks and replace with 7 new disks. I have a 3 week rotation. Works great. But I wanted to migrate to a new Dell system.
Thanks for the reply!
Regards,
Joseph Spenner
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