Hotswapping SATA question

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Tue Nov 10 05:12:49 UTC 2009


Ed Greshko wrote:
> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>   
>> How does one go about hotplugging/hotswapping SATA drives in Fedora?
>> I just got a new NAS box with hotswapping capabilities (HP EX470) and
>> would like to know how it works, usually.
>>
>>     
> This may not apply to your situation.  But, in my case it depends on the
> HW being used.  My system has 3ware Inc 9550SX controllers and the
> rebuilds are handled in the controller after hot swapping.  No manual
> intervention is needed.  The progress of the operation can be monitored
> on the Web Interface supplied by 3ware.  Additionally, one can do admin
> functions from the Web Interface.
>
> I guess the question is....are you interested in HW based RAID and
> hot-swapping or are you planning on SW based?
>
> Seems this HP server comes preloaded with Windows Home Server.  Don't
> have a clue how it plays with Linux should you load it on it....
>
>
>   
OK...couldn't resist using google....

http://samuel.thollander.net/projects/linux-on-hp-ex470/

Ubuntu in use....but should provide clues....

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