Am Mittwoch, 19. April 2006 18:31 schrieb Shai: > On 4/19/06, Dexter Filmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's say a disk in an array starts yielding smart errors but is still > > functional. > > So instead of waiting for it to fail completely and start a sync and > > stress the other disks, could I clone that disk to a fresh one, put the > > array offline and replace the disk? > > Hi, > > Why can't you just mark that drive as failed, remove it and hotadd a > new drive to replace the failed drive?
Well, resync stresses the other disks a lot. If that can be avoided, I'd rather do so. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C+++(++++) UL+>++++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS++(+) PE(-) Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D G++ e* h>++ r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
