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Rebuilding RAID 5 disk array ?
I have a 4 x 200 GB SATA RAID 5 disk array with only 20% used space. Today one disk failed and I took it out.
Is it safe to continue running this disk system with only 3 disks? Is there enough data redundancy to allow for another disk failure? Should I rebuild the 3 disk array now? Obviously, the failed disk will be replaced, but that might take some time.
The array is part of a Red Hat 9 Linux data server.
Is it safe to continue running this disk system with only 3 disks? Is there enough data redundancy to allow for another disk failure? Should I rebuild the 3 disk array now? Obviously, the failed disk will be replaced, but that might take some time.
The array is part of a Red Hat 9 Linux data server.
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Ok, I guess my last comments merit a separate question. I am closing this question and splitting the points.
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I have a Relion Xeon 2U Servers from Penguin Computers and it came with the 4 x 200 GB SATA RAID 5 disk array that I mentioned above.
Today I bought two 200Gb Maxtor SATA drives and one of them is currently being rebuilt as part of the RAID array. There is one disk slot left and I would like to use it as an online spare. How do I do that?
Any comments about mixing disk sizes in a RAID arrays?
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