We are in the process of getting a new server to run Linux and are not sure whether to use hot swappable drives or just have 2 drives that use software raid. We understand that swappable drives decrease downtime (to be down for a short time would be ok - or at least long enough to put a new drive in the server). Swappable drives seem to be expensive but we are not sure of the pros and cons of either of these choices. Any suggestions?
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Hot swap or not?
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aixmurderer
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We went the hardware RAID way, this seems to require no user intervention at all.
We have a pretty new installation, so I didn't have a field problem yet, but I did unplug 1 drive for a test, all seemed OK, on replugging the drive got a bit busy, probably updating itself. There was no user interaction required. One thing I'm still need to sort out, how will I know if the disk failed? Currently I get no notification, this is an issue I still need to address.
One problem I'm still trying to solve though is to access the hot swap tape drive, no luck up to now. IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
We have a pretty new installation, so I didn't have a field problem yet, but I did unplug 1 drive for a test, all seemed OK, on replugging the drive got a bit busy, probably updating itself. There was no user interaction required. One thing I'm still need to sort out, how will I know if the disk failed? Currently I get no notification, this is an issue I still need to address.
One problem I'm still trying to solve though is to access the hot swap tape drive, no luck up to now. IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
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