Re: Replacing disks in RAID

[Jim Ford]

>    Power down the system
>    Replace the failed disk
>    Power up the system once again.
>    Use raidhotadd /dev/mdX /dev/sdX to re-insert the disk in the array
>    Have coffee while you watch the automatic reconstruction running

All works a treat for me with a four disk Raid5 setup. I'm still in the
honeymoon period for Raid and I've tried disconnecting (cold) various disks
in the array just to watch it reconstruct!

Regards: Jim Ford