It won't be mounted by anything but the SAN unit - it's just going to be some additional storage, internal to the MD3000i, that is used as a target for its internal volume backup.
-- Durf On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Joseph L. Casale < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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> ~ > -- -------------- 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> ~
