Since you have a *couple* of servers, you should be fine. (More precisely, you have 4 drives)
Assuming you don't like the advice already provided (or it somehow fails to work, which I think will be very unlikely), you can try another exciting option: - Take 3 drives, and create your RAID1 with hotspare. - Then remove 2 of the drives, and in conjunction with the one free drive, do the same thing on the other server - Now, take out the newest "hotspare" and put it back with server 1 Loads of fun and a cool experience. BTW, are the servers so remote that you really need a hotspare for RAID1? *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:31 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
