Ooooooooooooooooooooh sounds tempting. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 February 2008 17:59 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAS 5/iR and SAS disks
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so, as long as I replace ALL the sata disks with SAS then I should > be able to recreate the array, reinstall windows, and be down the pub by > closing ? You don't even need to replace all the disks, it's just that the controller and disks will run in SATA mode if even one SATA disk is present, which defeats much of the purpose of upgrading to SAS in the first place. You *might* even be able to do it without any downtime at all. This is a mirror set (RAID 1), right? So, first swap one SATA disk with the SAS replacement. Wait for the controller rebuild the mirror on to that disk. Swap the other SATA disk with its SAS replacement. Wait for the controller rebuild the mirror on to that disk. Optionally expand/extend the mirror set on to the rest of the disks, if they are larger. Note that I haven't actually tried the above -- I don't even know if it is supported by the hardware/firmware/Dell. But it sounds like it could be possible. Might want to call Dell tech support and ask 'em. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
