On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 13:21, Steve Poe wrote: > Yep, I've done it a few times. A few tips: > > backup your database with pg_dump. confirm you can restore on > a test > machine. > > Thanks. We do nightly dump and restore to a second server for > testing/backup purposes. > The data is entact. Are you recommending a dump before we begin the > drive rebuild? Either that, or wait until the nightly dump / restore has run and start then. > replace the drive during the lowest traffic period for your > database. > > Sounds good. According to LSI, the drive will take 8 hrs to rebuild a > 146GB disc (at a 30% rebuild rate), so doing this in the middle of the > day is not ideal. The rebuild time also tends to depend on how full the array is. If you're only using 5% or so, it won't take the full 8 hours they're projecting.
