Hey Richard. Was this actual hardware raid, or a "fakeraid" controller?
Dave On 2/2/11, Richard Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Some may remember I asked this question a while back: > > On 2/18/2010 12:16 PM, Richard Thomas wrote: >> I couldn't find an answer to this, possibly because it would be a >> retarded thing to do but I was just wondering... >> >> Say you had mirrored (say hardware) RAID with two drives. Reboot the >> system with one drive unplugged, make some changes then reboot with >> the other unplugged (and the unplugged one plugged back in), make some >> different changes then reboot with both drives plugged back in, what >> is the expected outcome (or is it controller dependent). >> >> Rich >> > Well, I had the opportunity to test this today as I powered up my system > with only one drive plugged in. The answer is that the raid controller > (onboard Nvidia chipset) brought the drives up as *two* degraded arrays > (once I plugged the other back in). I had to delete one array and add > the released drive back to the other array. Smart enough. Unfortunately, > I wasn't and deleted the wrong array but fortunately I didn't lose > anything :) > > Rich > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
