+100 don't touch the failing until the first rebuild is done. Jon
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com>wrote: > 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
