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29 Feb 2008To set up a MegaRAID with Raid 5 on an Xserve follow these steps:
1. Boot the server from OSX Server CD
2. Open the Terminal application
3. Type in the command
megaraid -create auto
4. Close the Terminal application
5. Open the Disk Utility application
6. Create a new partition on the new RAID drive with the Disk Utility application
7. Reinstall [...]
In: Apple
29 Feb 2008If on reboot the server does a consistency check of the RAID, this process can take a very long time. It may take upwards of 8 or more hours. There isn’t really any indication an Xserve is doing a consistency check on reboot. What happens is the Xserve boots to a gray screen or if [...]
If on reboot the server does a consistency check of the RAID, this process can take a very long time. It may take upwards of 8 or more hours. There isn’t really any indication an Xserve is doing a consistency check on reboot. What happens is the Xserve boots to a gray screen or if [...]
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