Swapping RAID1 Drives
I have HP Proliant server with 2 Drives that are mirrored.
One in bay0 and the other in Bay1. The drive in bay0 failed.
I have an old drive with Data in it. I would like to remove the failed drive in bay0 and put the old drive instead. I wonder in this case if the drive in Bay1 will copy its data to the replaing drive in Bay0 or the opposite. If it is the opposite then I will have the wrong data.
any clarification on this please?
thanks
One in bay0 and the other in Bay1. The drive in bay0 failed.
I have an old drive with Data in it. I would like to remove the failed drive in bay0 and put the old drive instead. I wonder in this case if the drive in Bay1 will copy its data to the replaing drive in Bay0 or the opposite. If it is the opposite then I will have the wrong data.
any clarification on this please?
thanks
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Ok,,,,
If it is RAID5, and I pull out 2 Drives, will this corrupt all the data ?
If it is RAID5, and I pull out 2 Drives, will this corrupt all the data ?
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<<break the array. >> means the data in the drive will be corrupt and not recovrable ??
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Excellent!
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I grabbed an olde drive with the same type and size: serial scsi/146gb and put it in Bay0 where the failed drive used to be.
It was hot swappable operation, no reboot ,no backup.
For now it worked,
I was just wondering if Hot swappable should be done on Bay 0 or Bay1, I did not which drive will overwrite the other, I was saying to myself what if the new drive[that has data in it] I put in Bay 0 will overwrite what was in the drive in the Bay1.
So I guess, it is like the existing drive in either Bay0 or Bay1 will always over the drive you put in, doesn't matter which bay you put in.
is this correct?