On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Jeff Mings said:

JM>Thanks Chuck,
JM>
JM>    I understand that RAID 0,1 and 5 can be accomplished without actually having
JM>the hot-swap feature - the failed component is dealt with or rebuilt by the OS
JM>after the machine is taken down, the failed unit replaced, and then the machine is
JM>restarted.  Do you happen to be able to hot-swap?

I don't think so but I believe that it's a limitation of the hardware.

JM>Chuck Mead wrote:
JM>
JM>> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Jeff Mings said:
JM>>
JM>> JM>A more sophisticated controller or "cut-off" circuitry seems necessary,
JM>> JM>although no one makes RAID controllers for IDE.  So, does anyone know how
JM>> JM>to do this?
JM>>
JM>> I don't know if it helps you or not but I'm doing RAID1 with two 13.6GB IBM IDE
JM>> drives.
JM>>
JM>>
JM>
JM>
JM>

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