Re: SCSI Hard Drives (15k.4 vs. 15k)
- From: "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:38:22 -0500
For most of the Dell PERC controllers, you can replace with a larger or
faster drive. The extra capacity will be lost, and the drive will function
at the speed of the slowest drive in the array. You might want to call Dell
support to confirm that the replacement drive you're using will work in the
backplane and with the specific controller and other drives in the array.
You might also want to consider a hot spare. If a drive fails, the
controller will just rebuild it on the spare drive. Then you can swap out
the failed drive, making the replacement the new hot spare. If a drive
predicts failure, Dell will replace it under warranty. You just take the
failing drive offline in Open Mange, it fails over to the spare, then you
pop in the new spare to replace the failing drive.
"Brandon" <bsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ukqOQuYDHHA.3228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have a hardware RAID 5 setup and 1 drive failed. The 2 remaining
drives are 36GB 15K SCSI Ultra 320 Hard Drives. Is it ok to replace the
bad drive with a 37GB 15k.4 SCSI Ultra 320?
--
Brandon
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