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blue68f100 · 05-06-2009, 07:38 AM

With Snap servers yoiu can hot swap HD that failed. Doing so will auto prepare the HD and start the re-sysnc. YOU MUST DO THE HD THAT HAS FAILED. IF YOU REMOVE THE WRONG HD THE RAID IS NOT RECOVERABLE.

If you replace the HD from a power down, you must go into the Disk utility and set the HD as a spare. Doing so will start the resysnc.

The disk utility should report which HD has failed. The replacement HD should be the same mfg/mode/size. You can always go larger but not smaller. On the 4500 the HD's should be set as Single HD or Master.

I do not like Maxtors HD they are time bomb waiting to happen. I have seen them fail with in days/weeks of each other, so don't delay in replacement.

05-06-2009, 07:38 AM	#2
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: 4500 RAID5 degraded With Snap servers yoiu can hot swap HD that failed. Doing so will auto prepare the HD and start the re-sysnc. YOU MUST DO THE HD THAT HAS FAILED. IF YOU REMOVE THE WRONG HD THE RAID IS NOT RECOVERABLE. If you replace the HD from a power down, you must go into the Disk utility and set the HD as a spare. Doing so will start the resysnc. The disk utility should report which HD has failed. The replacement HD should be the same mfg/mode/size. You can always go larger but not smaller. On the 4500 the HD's should be set as Single HD or Master. I do not like Maxtors HD they are time bomb waiting to happen. I have seen them fail with in days/weeks of each other, so don't delay in replacement. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820 Last edited by blue68f100; 05-06-2009 at 07:47 AM.