From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 11 10: 7:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net (magicnet.magicnet.net [204.96.116.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B87014CB5 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:07:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.magicnet.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.8) with UUCP id NAA29687 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:06:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.magicnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA03933 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:46:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion Message-Id: <199906111646.MAA03933@bilver.magicnet.net> Subject: Re: redunancy without RAID In-Reply-To: <37683170.81567132@127.0.0.1> from Joe McDonald at "Jun 11, 1999 8:57:40 am" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:46:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Joe McDonald recently said: > Do you know the best way to test if the mirror really works if > a drive goes bad? Pull the power to the drive as it's running? > Pull the scsi cable to the drive as it's running? Will this cause > physical damage to the drive? RAID is redundant DRIVES not cable. If you can power it off you should be fine. If you pull the cable you conceivable could kill your array - and have to backup from tape. I don't know if there is a best way. If your drives are removeable - just turn the key lock and pull it out. -- bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message