I think that would potentially be a Very Bad Thing.  Any time you have a
power outage, you risk filesystem corruption.  Tack on that the array is
already degraded, and you¹re just setting yourself up for a load of pain,
IMO.


On 8/7/08 12:08 PM, "David Mazzaccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I have a server w/ a failed HD in a RAID 5.
> I was planning on swapping out the HD w/ a replacement tonight.
> This is a large array (1TB) and given the chance of power outage during the
> rebuild, is this not a good idea?
> Our UPS systems will keep the server running for no more than 1 hour; after
> which time I would shut the server down.
> What happens if the RAID starts to rebuild, but then I have to power off the
> server before it completes?
> Will the RAID continue to rebuild when I power the server back up again?
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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