On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 09:55:19AM +1300, Dave Lane wrote:
> Hi folks - unfortunately, in general IDE hotswapping is not possible due
> to limits to the IDE architecture. Moreover, most BIOs can't deal with
> drive geometry changes after boot... Note, I'm not aware of any IDE
The OS couldn't care less about the BIOS after boot.
> RAID cards that support hot swapping either - it would require
> significant additional electronic protections to be safe...
3Ware Escalade IDE RAID cards support hotswapping, as long as you also
have a supported hotswap enclosure for the disks. So it is possible,
and people are doing it. It's just not supported by your bog-standard
IDE controller.
There are also lots of external IDE RAID enclosures on the market that
invariably support hotswapping. Do you really think those freakin'
expensive EMC boxes filled with IDE drives aren't hotswappable?
Cheers,
-mjg
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