Well if you have the correct software loaded on your server for the RAID
controller installed, you use that software to rebuild the array live.
Worked on our Windows servers with different hardware / software
combinations.
Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:58 AM
To: Midrange-L (midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: Hot Swap Drives
We just found out that, when a vendor says their disk drives are "hot
swappable," this means different things. For example, we have had two
drives on our i go south. The CE swapped them out while the rest of the
company been on about their merry way. It was a little slow while it
balanced the drives, but no interference with the business.
Had a drive on our Windows server go south. Sure you can replace the
drive with the replacement while the server is running, but in order for
the system to recognize the drive, the server has to be re-booted.
I like the System i definition better.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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