I'm running Etch on a SuperMicro 6024H 2U server. Specs on it can be viewed here: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/6024/SYS-6024H-T.cfm
The system has a Marvell 88SX6081 8-port SATA controller attached to a 6-port backplane. I currently have two drives in it, using _software_ RAID 1 and LVM in Linux. I'm no longer sure why I didn't just use the onboard hardware RAID system; I think I assumed it would be easier to monitor/manage the RAID using the existing Linux software tools. Maybe I was wrong about that... Earlier this year one of the drives in the system failed. No big deal - I got a replacement, went down to the datacenter, yanked the old one and put in a new one. The system didn't seem to mind this at all, but with the new drive in place I couldn't make the system recognize it. dmesg seemed to show that a drive was present, but no amount of fiddling would allow me to add the drive to the array and get the rebuild started. After awhile I read the FAQ here: http://linux-ata.org/software-status.html This seemed to indicate that full hotplug support wasn't in the Linux kernel until 2.6.19. Of course, I happen to be running 2.6.17. I ended up rebooting the box, and as soon as it came up it noticed the new drive, and I was able to add it into the RAID and get the rebuild started. I would have preferred not to have to do this though. My question is this: Can anyone confirm that full SATA hotplug support is present in the newer 2.6 kernels? Is it present in Etch, or do I need to upgrade to testing or unstable? Bonus question: Can you point me to a set of instructions for what exactly I need to do on the software side to swap a drive? -- Owen B. Mehegan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
