Operation Without Spare Drives - Asus PCI-DA2100 User Manual

If a spare drive exists in the same logical drive, the
controller will automatically mount the spare drive and
start data rebuilding in the background.
Depending on the design of the system external to the
controller, it may be possible to remove a defective drive
and replace it with a new drive without shutting down the
system (hot-swapping). Alternatively, the system can be
shut down at a convenient time and the failed drive
replaced.
The replacement drive must then be assigned as a new
spare drive.
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Operation without Spare Drives

The following are guidelines for disk failure recovery when a
spare drive is not available:
Depending on the design of the system, it may be possible
to remove a defective drive and replace it with a new drive
without shutting down the system (hot-swapping).
Alternatively, the system can be shut down at a convenient
time and the failed drive replaced.
If the replacement drive is installed on the same channel
and SCSI ID, you can then proceed with data rebuilding.
If the replacement drive is installed on a different channel
or SCSI ID, you need to scan in the new drive first then
assign it as a spare drive of the logical drive.
rebuilding will have to be manually initiated.
IMPORTANT:
uninterrupted disk access even after a disk failure, do not
leave a failed drive unattended to. Without replacement, the
system will not survive a failure of a second drive on the
Operation without Spare Drives
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ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management
Although the RAID system provides
Data
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