It's in the email that was linked. Read it. On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:35:25AM +1100, Ioan Nemes wrote: > >>> "C. Bensend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/01/2006 10:00:13 am >>> > > Wrong. > > > > When you set the machine up (or using bioctl) you label a drive as a > > hot spare. When a failure happens, it automatically takes that > drive > > over and does a rebuild. > > > > Shut down? You don't get it. We wrote all this code because we > were > > tired of shutting down and doing the repairs in the BIOS. > > No, I understand that just fine. I should have been more specific - > if I have a failure, it does its thing, great. But, I'd want to > replace the failed drive so I'd have a hot spare again. > > That's the part I was asking about - you'd have to shutdown to > replace that failed drive when it's convenient. Right? I've > never touched a SATA anything in my life. > > > If one of the drive fails in a RAID configuration, the system should > automatically start using the hot spare, until you replace the failed > drive. Once the failed drive is replaced, the hot spare should be > available again. If your system can do hot-swap you are in business, > if not a system stop and restart is needed. > > Ioan
