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See if this helps: <a href="http://www.xsanity.com/article.php/20060215004013862" rel="ugc">http://www.xsanity.com/article.php/20060215004013862</a>
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See if this helps: http://www.xsanity.com/article.php/20060215004013862 [http://www.xsanity.com/article.php/20060215004013862]

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I have a hot spare, the replacement drive still has data on it from its old raid that it was in, do I have to prepare the drive somehow. Or can I insert it and it will get copied over without problems?<br />
Thanks
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I have a hot spare, the replacement drive still has data on it from its old raid that it was in, do I have to prepare the drive somehow. Or can I insert it and it will get copied over without problems?
Thanks

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Sorry. I don't know the answer to that, beyond what is in the links I sent you.
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Sorry. I don't know the answer to that, beyond what is in the links I sent you.

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I have a mac raid connected to a g5 xserve. one of the drives is bad and needs to be replaced. I have one out of another raid that is the exact same thing but has the data from the old volume it was part of. What do I need to do to use it on the working raid. Can i just plop it in and it will overwrite what's on there , or do i need to format it somehow?<br />
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I have a mac raid connected to a g5 xserve. one of the drives is bad and needs to be replaced. I have one out of another raid that is the exact same thing but has the data from the old volume it was part of. What do I need to do to use it on the working raid. Can i just plop it in and it will overwrite what's on there , or do i need to format it somehow?

Thanks

xserve raid question

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