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RE: [cobalt-users] Can I turn a Raq4i into a RaQ4r?
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Can I turn a Raq4i into a RaQ4r?
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Mar 25 20:44:37 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Jeff Edwards wrote:
> >From what I've heard/seen happen, Different model drives will appear to
> Work. But the catch comes when you reboot the server. The Raq4r will rebuild
> the mirror drive after every reboot if the drives are not identical. The
> rebuild of the Mirror can take 1hr+ and is a drain on server resources
> during the rebuild.
>
> But like everything else in the IT world, I suppose there are times when
> things will function differently then designed.
>
> Robert, I'd be interested in knowing if your Raq4r rebuilds the mirror
> after every reboot.
Why would it do that?
The RaQ uses Raid1 which mirrors partitions not drives.
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Gerald Waugh