disable RAID material on proliant DL385 G5

[yesi]

hi!

i'd like to disable the RAID material of my server hp Proliant DL385 G5
i have two disks and i'l like to able to use the both.
i don't need RAID sytem.

At the install, the server want to use the RAID1.

thank in advance.

[KarloChacon]

dl385 g5 ???

HP ProLiant DL385 Server series

HP ProLiant DL385 G2 Server series

that G5 mmm??

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

I have no direct experience on this server.
I think you can choose to create two RAID 0 made up by one HD each.
or yuo can install the system using only one HD creating a RAID 0 using only one HD and add the other after the installation.

Bye.

TJK

[yesi]

it seems that it was G5, i'll tell you omorrow.

i didin't know that i can choose RAID 0 with one HD, i shoud read the doc...

the fact that i can't choose to disable the RAID material, i choose RAID 0 installing with one HD but when i put yhe 2nd HD, the server didn't see it (no led, it seem that i didin't existe...)

it was strange!

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

you have to configure the other HD as another raid 0.

Bye

TJK.

[yesi]

it seem to me that RAID 0 need minimum two HD or more.

what's the the advantage to use one HD to make RAID 0 ?

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

using a raid controller like that, it try to create - always - a raid.
RAID 0 using only one HD doesn't exist.
but it's named RAID 0 anyway.

if I've understood, you have already dreated the first RAID 0 using only one HD, right?

bye.

TJK.

[yesi]

yes, i've used RAID0 with this config.

i really like to know where i could configure the RAID controller to disable the RAID material.

when i add a new HD, i can't see its device in my system(centos 4), but after activing it with the RAID 0, i can see its device.

(it's a hp Proliant DL385)

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

excuse me for the following question:
but if you are able to use an HD separated from the other, why do you need to disable the raid?

the single hd configured as RAID, allow, in the future, to migrate and expand the raid ...

bye.

TJK.

[KarloChacon]

take a look of this

JBOD
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/levels/jbod-c.html

regards