Re: [tlug] White Box: Some Assembly Required ...

["Schwartz, Fernando G." <fgs@example.com>]

On 06/22/2018 11:39 AM, CL wrote:
> or whether I can ... to get the setup I think I want.  Can anyone
> suggest a possible working setup.  I am not sure I have all of the
> software required or that I have hardware bits connected to the right
> other hardware.
>
> O/S is Lubuntu 18.04.  No RAID or LVM drivers are installed.

And that's the problem (BTW, face this all the time). If you set "RAID" 
at the BIOS, that's "hardware RAID" board taking over, and that means 
(almost certainly) a Linux software driver for the distro mandatory. And 
that (certainly) means you're locked down (to one or two) distros (... a 
Linux enterprise world catch right there!).

I'm already hearing somebody will come up here saying you don't need 
hardware RAID and I can tell you, that's just a lie if you're in for the 
best your hardware can do (traditional Linux world excuses).
> Does RAID / LVM software play a role that I haven't understood or
> figured out until now?

You've got the answer.

Sincerely,