Just as a thought...build one for grins & giggles and then try and add the hot spare (I seem to recall doing something similar in the past couple of years and didn't have any problems)...worst case...you're redoing one server
Cheers, Cameron On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Eric Wittenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > Of all the RAID controllers I've worked with (Proliant server and Dell > PowerEdge) there has never been a problem adding a hotspare. Most will even > allow you to migrate the hotspare into the array (raid 1) and migrate it to > raid 5 while it is live without data loss. > > Eric Wittenberg > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Paul Gordon <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm building a couple of DL360's that have been delivered with 1 hard >> drive >> too few... - each should have 3 drives, for a RAID1 plus 1 hot-spare >> config.. - only two drives per server are currently available... >> >> I'm thinking that I Can go ahead & build the RAID1 array, then come back & >> add a hot spare to that later without having to trash & rebuild the whole >> array... - but having been bitten by such assumptions in the past, it >> would >> be nice to have that confirmed or denied as appropriate.. >> >> So does anyone know, - definitely - on a DL360 G7, with embedded >> smart-array >> controller, can I add a hot-spare to an existing array that doesn't >> currently have one, without any effect on the array itself? >> >> TIA >> >> Paul G. >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
