Re: [SLUG] hot swapping hard drives

[Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uhm, I'm reasonably sure there's more to hot swap than the physical
and electrical connections.

I'd thus do a little more research on the topic (like reading the
datasheet(s) for your motherboard and SATA chipset) to ensure that
the hardware supports it.

There also may be a requirement for you to manually tell the OS
to "detach" and "attach" disk devices.




Adrian


On Sat, May 16, 2009, Grahame Kelly wrote:
> Hi David.
> 
> As long as the drive in un-mounted you can safely remove/insert a  
> device.  You just need to make sure the drive Power connections allow  
> hot-swapping, but generally you will get away with it normally if you  
> haven't such PSU plug h/w. Just be aware that your PSU will require  
> better "surge" power - so if your current PSU is a bit iffy, it will  
> probably fail in time has been my experience.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Cheers. Grahame
> 
> >From: david <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Date: 15 May 2009 11:58:14 PM
> >To: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [SLUG] hot swapping hard drives
> >
> >
> >I've just installed a sata hard drive bay for a second drive, the  
> >kind that has a little front door so you can slip the drive in and  
> >out.
> >
> >The point of installing it was to make it easy to change drives when  
> >doing backups, but I had assumed that I would have to shut down  
> >before taking the drive in or out.
> >
> >When I unmount it, Gnome announces that I can now remove the media,  
> >which surprised me a bit. Should I assume that this means I can  
> >safely hot swap this drive as long as it's unmounted? The nice man  
> >in the shop assured me that I needed all sorts of mobo magic to be  
> >able to do that, but of course he was talking Windows. I would hate  
> >to splat 500G of backup.
> >
> >Thanks,
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