I have a Proliant DL180 G6 server with a Smart Array P410 controller. One of the hard drives lights amber, but the server is still running perfect. It is running RAID5 or 6 (don't remember).
Now, can I just buy a new hard drive and take the faulty out and put the new in while the server is running, and will it automatically rebuild? No need for entering the RAID configuration ?
/Daniel
Answer
You should be able to just hot-swap the drives. The p410 should automatically start the rebuild the array. During the rebuild, performance will be degraded until the rebuild is complete. Assuming RAID5, if a second drive fails during the rebuild, you will most likely be restoring from backups.
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