If I have a scenario where a Mirror drive fails in a RAID system can I simply put in a blank 20GB drive and the operating system and customer data is then exactly copied across? Or does the new drive need to also contain the Operating system for that particular BCM software release? If this is the case what is stopping me buying a standard Maxtor drive from the local shop rather than Nortel? Any suggestions?
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Replacing Faulty Mirror Drive
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acewarlock
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I use standard Maxtor 20 Gb drives with no problems.
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I Have cloned a 20gig to a larger Maxtor drive. You have a lot of wasted space, but you can actually tell the difference using a drive with an 8 meg cache and 7200rpm.
The BCM is actually faster. On my upgrades I also made sure that I had 512 meg.
I am not sure if I trust Maxtor any longer after they dropped their warranty from 5 years to 1 year.
NARSBARS
The BCM is actually faster. On my upgrades I also made sure that I had 512 meg.
I am not sure if I trust Maxtor any longer after they dropped their warranty from 5 years to 1 year.
NARSBARS
One potential problem with using a larger drive is that future upgrades used to fail - the upgrade checks for a 20GB drive, and if it sees a larger drive, it says that the upgrade requires a 20GB drive to continue. Doesn't matter if it's 40GB with only 20GB partitioned either.
This was true for 2.5 to 3.0 upgrades - not sure if it was ever "fixed", but I've stuck with 20GB drives for my customers since.
20GB drives are out there, just getting very difficult to come across.
This was true for 2.5 to 3.0 upgrades - not sure if it was ever "fixed", but I've stuck with 20GB drives for my customers since.
20GB drives are out there, just getting very difficult to come across.
I have done this on an old 2.5 myself. I never thought to check the bios report on the drive.
I worked using a 120 gig maxtor and an old 40 gig.
I hope this works out for you. I thought the software upgrade process checked for drive size.
NARSBARS
I worked using a 120 gig maxtor and an old 40 gig.
I hope this works out for you. I thought the software upgrade process checked for drive size.
NARSBARS
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