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Re: Softraid on XServe?

email@hidden said:
> Hello List,
>
> does anybody know if its possible to create a softraid in an >Dual
> XServe G5 (Raid 1 with 2 80GB Drives) which has no monitor connected.

I'm guessing here that you are speaking of Apple's software RAID, not the
product named SoftRAID.

>
> The Softwareon the disks is OS X Server 10.3.3
>
> Yet I found no way with Server-Assistant. But it was possible with
> normal Startup with a Monitor connected and DiskUtility - the Xserve
> did boot from this Raid and showed no reaction when pulling the rigth
> disk - but it crashed after removing the left drive.

If you ssh in when booted from the installer disk you can use diskutil to
create your RAID set.

>
> I installed a mirrored SOft-Raid (2 80GB Drives) with a Monitor and
> than tried to Install OS X Server with Server-Assistant remote but
> this tool showed 2 Harddisks with 40GB each.

Strange. It should show as one volume just fine.

>
> Does anybody know if its possible to work with a Softraid reliable?

We use boot mirrors at several sites and it has been very reliable.

Josh

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Josh Wisenbaker, ACSA
Sr. Systems Engineer
ComputerTree Technologies
Winston-Salem
1-800-467-9820
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