Migrating a Server to debian
Hello,
I have an "old" server here that runs gentoo and is quite
unmaintainable because it hasn't been updated now it still works but
I'm not sure for how long :)
This is the hardware that's in it [1]
I'm especially interested in reports of this one:
06:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Areca Technology Corp. ARC-1210 4-Port
PCI-Express to SATA RAID Controller
I know that when it was originally set up it was quite a pain in the
rear end to get the controller working. So I need a definitive answer
before taking the server down to make debian the host system. I know
the the module is there and should work from
$ grep SCSI_ARCMSR /boot/config-2.6.18-4-amd64
CONFIG_SCSI_ARCMSR=m
still someone who tells me to just boot the installer and I'll be fine
will surely help me calm down as this is one of our central servers.
It will hold a couple of xen instances which run on top of lvm (which
really shouldn't be a problem, iirc the etch installer detects lvm
fine so that I can just overwrite the old / partitition and leave the
data partitions untouched).
Also since I got the server from a former sysadmin I'm not to familiar
with avaiable tools for that RAID controller - and until now there
aren't any installed so I can't even look around on the box for what's
there - so any hints are welcome (stuff like getting remaining disk
lifetime etc, - the usual smart stuff, whatever there is available)
Any Input is welcome
thanks in advance
martin
[1] lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80332 [Dobson] I/O processor
(A-Segment Bridge) (rev 07)
05:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80332 [Dobson] I/O processor
(B-Segment Bridge) (rev 07)
06:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Areca Technology Corp. ARC-1210 4-Port
PCI-Express to SATA RAID Controller
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