RE: [cobalt-users] Can I turn a Raq4i into a RaQ4r?

["Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> If the Main Drive Dies 5 minutes after a reboot, You lose the whole 
server
> because the 2nd. Drive is going to have an incomplete data set. The 
mirror
> process first wipes the 2nd. drive clean (Maybe a quick format) and 
then
> starts to copy the drive data from the main drive.
> 

So, is there a way to switch to a matching drive without loosing 
everything. Would there be any way move the second (mirrored to) drive 
to the primary controller and add a new one just like it and boot? And 
if something goes wrong, would I be able to boot with the first drive, 
putting back the original secondary drive (cleaned, of course)?

> 
> 30 minutes rebuild time is pretty quick, I have a 512mb, dual 45gb 
Drive Raq
> 4r and it takes a little more then an hour to do a rebuild. Are you 
using
> 20gb drives?
> 

This server has 512MB memory and I believe a 12.somehing drive on IDE1 
and 15GB on IDE2. Is there a way to get the model and size without 
physically taking it off the rack? Maybe with some command?

I just adapted a new policy: 'this server does not get rebooted 
without full current backup to another RaQ'.

--
Robert