When you remove the drive, if the filesystem is mounted I think you can guess what state you leave it in. If your backplane is compliant you can surely remove a disc but there are obviously other factors. What OS has the LD mounted? jlc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:48 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Rotating hotswap drives for backup? > > Hi all; > > To take advantage of the Virtual Disk backup ability on a Dell MD3000i > storage box, I'd like to use a single large sata drive, and rotate it > weekly (In other words, pull the drive and hot swap). Same concept as > a USB backup but with a technically non-removable media. > > Any reason this won't work? Wear and tear on the array? Freakout of > the software? > > Thanks, > -- Durf > > -- > -------------- > Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. > Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! > > ~ 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> ~
