Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread Jeff Mings
Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out backup hard drives once a month. The goal is simple data redundancy, not hardware fail-over. I'm planning on colocating a server, and I was hoping I could just umount /dev/whichever , unlock a drive tray,

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jeff Mings wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out backup hard drives once a month. The goal is simple data redundancy, not hardware fail-over. I'm planning on colocating a server, and I was hoping I could just umount /dev/whichever ,

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread Vince Hoang
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:19:54 -1000, Jeff Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out backup hard drives once a month. The goal is simple data redundancy, not hardware fail-over. I'm planning on colocating a server, and I

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread Tom_Gordon/RISE/HIDOE
@lists.hosef.org cc: Subject:Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:19:54 -1000, Jeff Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out backup hard drives once a month. The goal is simple data

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread MonMotha
Vince Hoang wrote: MonMotha wrote: This is mostly useful on RAID arrays though. See the raidhotadd and raidhotremove (or is it raidhotdel?) commands. I believe this only tickles the md driver and not the bus. Indeed it does. I was mostly giving an example of a practical use for all

Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-07 Thread Brian Chee
Hawaiian community discussion list luau@lists.hosef.org Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:19:54 -1000, Jeff Mings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. What I'd really like to be able to do is just switch out

[LUAU] SATA hot swap - off topic

2004-07-06 Thread Jeff Mings
SATA drives are supposed to be hot-swappable, but I've never actually tried this. Has anyone here tried this with Linux and then run fsck or other tests to check for integrity? Thanks, -Jeff