[nflug] Here is something I should know, but I've never tried it in a production environment, so...

[Darin Perusich]

I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't work but without knowing 
how everything is setup, LVM, raid, etc, it's only an informed guess. 
I'd make sure you have a full level 0 backup before you start playing 
around with this, just in case.

Richard Hubbard wrote:
> I have one older, slower server with CENT OS 5.1 on it.  So far, so good.
> 
> I want to move it over to another, newer, physical box.  No problem.
> 
> Problem: I have a drive array set up on the old box using an LSI 
> magaraid 6 SATA card.
> 
> Could I just take the physical drives out of the old box, put them into 
> the new box, complete with the Megaraid card, and have the CENT OS 
> recognize all the different hardware?
> 
> // I'm guessing "yes", but I'm worried about the drive array.  That has 
> the important data. The boot drive is a pretty generic setup and can be 
> remade in minutes.  The raid array would take a few days to rebuild.
>  
> Richard Hubbard
> ATTO Technology Inc
> 
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