Dave Anderson wrote:
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From: "Samuel Flory" <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
The ide driver doesn't really support hot swaping so you will have to
reboot to replace a drive. You can start a rebuild of an array in the
background with the mdtools.
Does this mean the only real thing I get over the ataraid is the fact that it doesn't crash on a disk crash? Is there any likelihood of ataraid not crashing on disk crash in the near future, or is it more fundamental.
In summary, with what I have, is md the most high-available solution?
Short of using a raid controller like a 3ware card, and some sort of hotswap ide backplane. I'd say yes. With a 3ware card you'd still need to "down the port" (aka remove the drive in 3ware speak) via 3dm or tw_cli, replace the drive, and renable the port (aka add the drive in 3ware speak).
-- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
