Which SSD ports should I use?
Posted: 2019/04/29 17:30:44
Hi all,
I'm setting up a new Centos 7 server and my motherboard (AsRock - EP2C602-4L/D16 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6813157350) has several ports to use. Here is what I would like to do.
I have 4 Intel 540s Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive's. I'd like to use two of these for the Linux server and the other 2 ask backup drives. To clarify, when something is written to one of the first two drives it would be replicated to the other two drives should 1 of the 2 main drives fail.
The motherboard has the following 6GB/s ports.
SATAIII_M0
SATAIII_M1
SATAIII_M2
SATAIII_M3
SATAIII_0
SATAIII_1
SCU_PORT_0
SCU_PORT_1
SCU_PORT_2
SCU_PORT_3
SCU_PORT_4
SCU_PORT_5
SCU_PORT_6
SCU_PORT_7
Which should I use and why? Also, during the Centos 7 installation from a disk is there an option to have the other two disk automatically replicate themselves for in case of a failure? I've worked with Centos for many years but I am not use to building from scratch so I was hoping for some helpful advice in this area.
Also, a bit off topic, I have installed 16 (CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6820233310) 1 in each slot. Will this memory be ok in a server? Finally, in my mobo for the ECC settings should I use auto or disabled?
Thanks in advance for helping with this!
I'm setting up a new Centos 7 server and my motherboard (AsRock - EP2C602-4L/D16 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6813157350) has several ports to use. Here is what I would like to do.
I have 4 Intel 540s Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive's. I'd like to use two of these for the Linux server and the other 2 ask backup drives. To clarify, when something is written to one of the first two drives it would be replicated to the other two drives should 1 of the 2 main drives fail.
The motherboard has the following 6GB/s ports.
SATAIII_M0
SATAIII_M1
SATAIII_M2
SATAIII_M3
SATAIII_0
SATAIII_1
SCU_PORT_0
SCU_PORT_1
SCU_PORT_2
SCU_PORT_3
SCU_PORT_4
SCU_PORT_5
SCU_PORT_6
SCU_PORT_7
Which should I use and why? Also, during the Centos 7 installation from a disk is there an option to have the other two disk automatically replicate themselves for in case of a failure? I've worked with Centos for many years but I am not use to building from scratch so I was hoping for some helpful advice in this area.
Also, a bit off topic, I have installed 16 (CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6820233310) 1 in each slot. Will this memory be ok in a server? Finally, in my mobo for the ECC settings should I use auto or disabled?
Thanks in advance for helping with this!