Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re: - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ernest E Vogelsinger
Subject Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:
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In response to Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:  ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>)
Responses Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:  ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>)
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At 18:12 18.06.2003, scott.marlowe said:
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>is worth it.  Having lost a RAID5 set to a hw controller that simply had
>the cable to two drives come loose but refused to accept them back into
>the RAID5 after that without formatting them first, I'm no longer as wild
>about hw raid controllers as I once was.
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Say - you didn't test it before going production?
;-))

Never mind - I was that ignorant myself. However my current RAID V's are
tested above the specs - installed RH7.2, removed 2 (sic!) disks, and
remounted. The controller complained (of course) but still offered to try
to remount - bingo, worked.

I feel somehow safe now.


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