Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:08:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: nrml@att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Preferred RAID controllers Message-ID: <4990B75D.1080806@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <935744.1303.qm@web83814.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <935744.1303.qm@web83814.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Gabe wrote:
> Now with a gstripe+gmirror setup, would it be possible to fail a
> specific drive on purpose? I mean fail a (good) drive, pull it out,
> replace it and rebuild(?) it. I know I know, but humor me.
Yes.
Cheers,
Matthew
Well, to 'fail' the drive, you'ld have to physically pull the drive
from the chassis which will involve a power cycle unless you've got
hot-swap drives. Of course, you should confirm that your system will
boot with the RAID in a degraded state and that rebuilding the RAID will
continue even if interrupted by a reboot. gmirror(8) passes those
tests. You do have to type some commands to get a mirror to rebuild
(examples are shown in the man page) unlike some hardware RAIDs where
simply inserting an unused disk is sufficient.
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
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