[parisc-linux] Any chance of an HP AutoRAID array working?

[Grant Grundler]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:21:36PM +0200, Andrew Gaylard wrote:
...
> I'm keen to use Linux (probably Gentoo but Debian's also fine) on
> these boxes, but I'm wondering if that'll mean I'll have to forfeit
> the 8 x 18G disks in each array, which would be a pity...

No. Those are standard SCSI LUNs. use the LCD panel to config
the LUNs and the AutoRAID will arrange for shifting data from
RAID 1 to RAID 5 as it sees fit.

> Has anyone tried Linux on one of these AutoRAID systems?

At one point i did. I haven't in a long time though.

> Also, I presume that I can strip two of the machines to fill up
> the remaining machine with RAM and CPUs;  the HWDB seems to suggest
> that multiple processors will work OK under recent kernels.  Right?

In general, SMP is working.

AFAIK, K-class only had issues with console support
and some recent issues with GSC 53c720 support.
I've forgotten details. :(

grant