proliant 5500 replace hard drvier help 1

[luck576]

i have 5 hard driver and raid5 without spare,
now one of the harddriver is faild,it need replace.
my question is how do i know if i can hot plugged or not?
and is the replace hard driver must same as the failed one?
need step by step instruction.

thanks

 

[connollyg]

Yes you can probably change the drive hot, and as long as the replacement drive is the same size or bigger it shouldnt be a problem, but any extra capacity (above the size of the smallest disk in the group) will be wasted.

To try and find a manual on your RAID controller (assuming its a Compaq one) go to

http://www.hp.com

and put the name of the controller e.g "smart-2dh" into the search field.

G

 

[byteya]

Check the original drive for SCSI2, SCSI3, wide-ultra, etc. SCSI2 and 3 have similar slots but are different from the older wide-ultra hot-plug drives.
*J*