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How about the hot swap procedure? &nbsp;Just take the bad hard drive out and then inser the good one?
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How about the hot swap procedure?  Just take the bad hard drive out and then inser the good one?

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Hello:<br />
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As I was restarting an HP ML370 G4 Windows 2003 Server std. Edition, &nbsp;I noticed that Slot 1 from the hard drive cage had an amber light on. &nbsp;The Riad Breakdown is as follows:<br />
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1. &nbsp;Raid 1 to Slots 0-1.<br />
2. &nbsp;Raid 5 to slots 2-4.<br />
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The C: Drive consists of the mirror Raid array (Slots 0-1).<br />
The D: Drive consists of the Raod-5 array (slots 2-4).<br />
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I believe the correct thing to do to fix this problem is:<br />
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1. &nbsp;Get the same exact hard drive that is used in slot 1 (With the amber light flashing).<br />
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2. &nbsp;While the Server is up and running hot swap the bad hard drive with the new hard drive.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;a. &nbsp;I think it should take about 8 hours to replicate over.<br />
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Does that sound correct?<br />

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Hello:

As I was restarting an HP ML370 G4 Windows 2003 Server std. Edition,  I noticed that Slot 1 from the hard drive cage had an amber light on.  The Riad Breakdown is as follows:

1.  Raid 1 to Slots 0-1.
2.  Raid 5 to slots 2-4.

The C: Drive consists of the mirror Raid array (Slots 0-1).
The D: Drive consists of the Raod-5 array (slots 2-4).

I believe the correct thing to do to fix this problem is:

1.  Get the same exact hard drive that is used in slot 1 (With the amber light flashing).

2.  While the Server is up and running hot swap the bad hard drive with the new hard drive.
     a.  I think it should take about 8 hours to replicate over.

Does that sound correct?


Raid 1 Hard Drive Failure

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

Components are those devices that are internal to a computer -- the PC boards, the central processor (CPU), the memory (RAM), disk and video controllers and so on.

Components

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAID is data storage technology that allows multiple drives to be used together as a single virtual drive for reasons such as fault tolerance, reliability and performance. 

There are several different levels of RAID that determine how the data is stored and the level of redundancy achieved across the drives.