Chris - is the RAID BIOS getting that configuration from the drives thus accepting into BIOS? If so, then it sounds like my plan will work as well it worked for you. Ron -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Buechler Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:01 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: OT - Rebuild Citrix on second set of drives w/o destroying old On 7/6/05, Ron Jameson <rjameson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was hoping to be able to build the citrix on this server by pulling > the drives out and putting in a pair of new drives Raid1. Then, when > my allotted time is out (to let people work again), put the original > drives back in and they can get back to work. I will continue to do > this pull drives in & out until testing is done and finally released > to production people. My problem I just thought of in the near last > hour is that I think the Dell Raid bios config will not just let me pull drives in & out easily > w/o config changes or reinit (thus losing data). I've done similar before on Dell PERC cards, even between different servers (with identical configurations). When you swap drives, at the RAID POST it'll prompt to to accept the new configuration, and it'll move along just fine after that. Never caused a problem for me at least. -Chris ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Lakeside Software SysTrack is the easiest to use, most complete way to monitor system and application performance. SysTrack combines comprehensive monitoring capabilities with hardware/software inventory, change management, user/web auditing, and reporting to create a total management solution. Evaluation at: http://www.LakesideSoftware.com ********************************************************** Now available BriForum-The Video! http://www.brianmadden.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=idaffiliate= Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Lakeside Software SysTrack is the easiest to use, most complete way to monitor system and application performance. SysTrack combines comprehensive monitoring capabilities with hardware/software inventory, change management, user/web auditing, and reporting to create a total management solution. Evaluation at: http://www.LakesideSoftware.com ********************************************************** Now available BriForum-The Video! http://www.brianmadden.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1&idaffiliate=3 Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm