On 4/19/06, Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore@xxxxxx> wrote: > Let's say a disk in an array starts yielding smart errors but is still > functional. > So instead of waiting for it to fail completely and start a sync and stress > the other disks, could I clone that disk to a fresh one, put the array > offline and replace the disk? Hi, Why can't you just mark that drive as failed, remove it and hotadd a new drive to replace the failed drive? Shai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
