[SunHELP] Q's about RAID on an E450.

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> I'm working on turning an unused E450 running Solaris 8 into a webserver,
> and my colleagues insist the machine has RAID.  I'm familiar with hardware
> and software RAID on other *nix's on the Intel platform, but not with Sun
> machines, and my research has led me to a few questions:
>
> 1.  I've learned about the DiskSuite package that allows configuring of
> RAID (software?).  Is this the only RAID available to me?  Or is there a
> hardware interface I must configure prior to the OS booting (ie. on typical
> Intel based hardware RAID cards)?

Sun used to distribute the Solstice package with the operating system.  In
it was the Solstice Disksuite, which could be used to create a software
raid across multiple drives.  I believe Disksuite saw it's last release
with Solaris 7, though I'm not exactly sure.

The raid is handled entirely via software.

> 2.  If DiskSuite is the solution, does it require X-Windows or CDE?  Or can
> I run it from the command line?  (I'm not at the site right now .. back
> early tomorrow morning).

It is possible to use this package both via the GUI (X), and the
commandline.  The X interface was pretty easy to work with, but not
required as I recall.

> 3.  Again, if DiskSuite ends up being used, are there any security issues
> you're aware of (this will be a webserver, afterall)?

Follow best practices, and you'll be alright.

Cheers,
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