On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Freitag 02 April 2010, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> > > LVM and RAID are completely different animals. No one suggested using >> > > it for any reasons of data security, running LVM on a RAID array >> > > gives both security and flexibility. As for being able to add space >> > > to RAID, you can't temporarily add a new volume whenever you want, >> > > you have to go out and buy another drive, then power down the >> > > computer to fit it, assuming there is room in the case for an extra >> > > drive. >> > >> > no need to power down - and you can add and remove drives. Read man >> > mdadm. >> >> Assuming your controller supports hotplugging, assuming you have a drive >> available to plug in, assuming you are able to physically add a drive. > > sata can hotplug. all ahci controlers can hotplug and all sata drives can > hotplug. If you insist on technology straight from the stone ages that is your > problem.
Do you know if it's necessary to signal to the system (like /proc/scsi something) that I'm about to unplug the drive, and in which order the power/data need to be disconnected to prevent a problem? I'm curious in case of future need. :) Thanks.
