Whether or not you can use different size drives depends on your controller. Some will let you and some will not. If you replace the bad drives in your array with different size drives, make sure the replacements are larger than the remaining working drive.
Why not replace all the drives? Because all the drives are not bad. There is nothing that says you can't replace all the drives, just no reason to unless you suspect that the remaining working drive(s) will fail soon or you are extra paranoid. When you rebuild the array, you must make sure that the controller says it is 100% done. If not you did not rebuild the drive and you still have an empty drive. Jamy -----Original Message----- From: Brett Wesoloski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:09 PM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: Ok last question OK it is two. You do not have to have all the drives be the same size right? They will just only use which ever is the smallest correct? Two why not replace all the drives if it is not working? Three if you start to create the spare do you have to wait until all the data is transfered or could you start it shut it down and on shut down would it finish transfering the data. I know this is a long shot. But the second disk only seems to go bad after being on so long. It never crashs on shut down or start up. Thanks for all the help today. Brett ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
