There is a clause in raidtab.conf regarding spare disks (nr-raid-disks and nr-spare-disks). I believe you'd still have to do raidhotadd and raidhotremove though to do removal and insertions.
PS i havent done raid-5 (raid-1 only) and dont have enough disk for spares, but HTH. jondz On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 23:24, Fritz Mesedilla wrote: > Friends! > Tanong lang... I'd just like a clearer view on this... > How does raid work? > I saw this http://www.acnc.com/04_01_05_flash.html > > And it said "Difficult to rebuild in the event of a disk failure (as compared to > RAID level 1)" > > >From what I knew before... if I have 5 scsi drives, 4 are used while 1 is used in > >case of disk failure. > > How does one recover from a raid 5 disk failure? > Can I just remove the defective drive while the server is running and "insert" a new > one? (hot-swap) > > Will it automatically recover itself? > > Thanks. > > > fritz <www.mesedilla.com> > --- > + Basta Ikaw Lord > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this e-mail from your > system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this > email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email > and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts > no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this > email. > > Overture Media, Inc. > Direct Line: (632) 635-4785 > Trunkline: (632) 631-8971 Local 146 > Level 1 Summit Media Offices, Robinsons Galleria EDSA Cor. Ortigas Ave., Quezon City > 1100 > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- JondZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
