On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2009-08-30 21:59, Ruben Varela wrote: >> >> Yesterday I was configuring a PowerEdge T300 that, if I remember >> correctly, has a PERC 6/i controller. >> It allowed me to build with 4 250GB Sata drives, a Raid 5 array. >> >> The server allows me to hot swap the drives. >> >> I installed Lenny and configured everything how I wanted. >> >> I was wondering, >> in case something went amiss with one of the drives and I had to change >> it, >> is there anything I have to do in the operating system before I went >> and swapped the drive with the system running? >> Or is it simply, pull the drive and replace it? O_o > > Is the PERC handling the RAID, or is "md" doing the RAID? > > If the PERC, then it is designed for hot swap, and also to use a hot spare. > I'd just try it, i.e. before you put any irreplaceable data on it, yank out > one of the drives and see what happens! > >> Also, since the server is being used to store some big files, >> what would be the process to change the current 4 250GB drives to 4 >> larger drives and grow the partitions? >> >> I know there are a couple questions here, I tried dividing them so if >> someone knows to the answer to at least one, they can post it. >> >> I haven't really found much about it searching the web, >> I hope I do better here. > > -- > Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
The Perc is handling the Raid. Guess I'll wait till this weekend... When I said I was configuring everything, I meant installing and transferring information from the old server... If anyone knows anything, before the end of the week, please let me know -- Rubén O. Varela Rosa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org