Have you had a string of good luck you are looking to counter? I have a dim memory of RAID manuals saying, no lose power is very bad, but I could be remembering wrong.
In general, I replace failed drives immediately (or as soon as the replacement drive arrives). Potential power outage... I think I would wait. On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that would potentially be a Very Bad Thing. Any time you have a > power outage, you risk filesystem corruption. Tack on that the array is > already degraded, and you're just setting yourself up for a load of pain, > IMO. > > > On 8/7/08 12:08 PM, "David Mazzaccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have a server w/ a failed HD in a RAID 5. > I was planning on swapping out the HD w/ a replacement tonight. > This is a large array (1TB) and given the chance of power outage during the > rebuild, is this not a good idea? > Our UPS systems will keep the server running for no more than 1 hour; after > which time I would shut the server down. > What happens if the RAID starts to rebuild, but then I have to power off the > server before it completes? > Will the RAID continue to rebuild when I power the server back up again? > Thanks > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
