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From: Sion Jones on 19 Apr 2010 07:00
Hi.
I have a 4xdisc RAID5 setup in our server (small business server 2003
premium). However, one of the hard drives has failed. The system is currently
still up and running just fine, due to the data redundancy.
However, it is now of utmost importance that we replace the faulty disc in
the array.

How do I go about replacing the drive, and rebuilding the array?
Thanks in advance.
Sion.
From: Chris M on 19 Apr 2010 07:39
On 19/04/2010 12:00, Sion Jones wrote:
> I have a 4xdisc RAID5 setup in our server (small business server 2003
> premium). However, one of the hard drives has failed. The system is currently
> still up and running just fine, due to the data redundancy.
> However, it is now of utmost importance that we replace the faulty disc in
> the array.
>
> How do I go about replacing the drive, and rebuilding the array?
> Thanks in advance.

Depends. Are you using the software RAID solution built in to Server
2003, or is it a hardware RAID controller?

Pretty much any server-grade hardware RAID controller will let you
hot-swap the failed drive for a new one and the rebuild will commence
automatically without requiring any downtime at all.

Be careful to make sure whether or not your hardware will allow the
drives to be hot swapped.

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Chris M.
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