SCSI Question

I have SBS 2003 installed across 5 disks. It is a Dell server 2600 whose
Perc controller / configuration created a stripe / RAID 5 array across
these disks.

Question:
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(1) If one of the disks goes bad, do I just replace the disk? Or is there
are option to create a hot spare BEFORE creating the RAID 5 stripe - so I
could just replace the disk?

(2) Do the disks have to be the same size? In what instance does it need
to the same size?


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