+1 Don't add to your risk, let it rebuild completely, even if it means waiting a week for the second drive to be replaced.
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 If you don't have a hot spare then NO! If you do have a hot spare, then it should have kicked in when the previous drive failed, and you would currently not be seeing any rebuilds with the drive you already replaced... I'd recommend against it. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:58 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 > > So I have a Dell 2850 with 6 drives in raid 5 and one completely failed and > another is predicted to according to the OpenManage software. I replaced > the failed one and it's rebuilding but I was wondering if anyone has an > opinion on whether or not I can replace the suspect drive before the other > one completes it's rebuild as this is a remote office and I really don't want to > drive back out here just to swap a drive out. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership for Strong Families > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, > dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without > the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information > may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act > of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or > unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or > criminal penalties. > Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really > need to. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
