Moving Drive Position Within an Array
February 7th, 2007, 15:57
Is it possible to move a drive connected to a RAID controller to another port on that controller and retain the data?
A drive failed on my RAID5 and the replacement drive won't fit in that drive's slot. I can make it fit, but I would need to move a known working and active drive to another slot to do this.
A drive failed on my RAID5 and the replacement drive won't fit in that drive's slot. I can make it fit, but I would need to move a known working and active drive to another slot to do this.
February 7th, 2007, 18:33
I think it depends on the controller. For example, my raid board does not care about that, so I can attach drives to random ports and my RAID-5 will still be functional 
February 7th, 2007, 19:18
I'm thinking of playing it safe instead. Unfortunately the RAID I'm overseeing is quite old and I won't get the part in until next week. To give you an idea of what I had to order:
12" M-F SCSI Ultra3 Wide SCA 80-pin Extension
They didn't exactly make those for very long :P
Meh, it won't look pretty but it'll work (setting it outside the case). I'm the only one that has to look at it.
... >.> can't wait until I get the final approval to upgrade our servers.
12" M-F SCSI Ultra3 Wide SCA 80-pin Extension
They didn't exactly make those for very long :P
Meh, it won't look pretty but it'll work (setting it outside the case). I'm the only one that has to look at it.
... >.> can't wait until I get the final approval to upgrade our servers.
February 9th, 2007, 21:35
Well... I can only wish you best luck with all this stuff...
BTW, manual may tell something about this (if there is a manual of course)
BTW, manual may tell something about this (if there is a manual of course)
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