No hot swapping available?
Possibly! but swapping a new drive [hot or cold]
for one holding 'shared data' [with other (raided) drives]
does not recover the data that is lost
IT follows, that software, that is unable to find data
also, cannot report, it's presence
[?]
I wonder, if, when a site is synced, with a server
WHY, data is 'lost' ~when programming is available
to have data 'balanced' [back and forth] between site and the server database
iow: when server is [normally] updated from site
WHY, the site is not 'repaired' via Server database
LIKE: restoring a PC to 'last known good configuration' [?]
~ to last 'synching state'
I had a Raid (1) setup, in my Dell when it failed
But I wasn't sufficiently educated, to merge their content
SO, Instead, I chose to employ Serial ATA
and a [to me] huge external drive 1Tb as a database
Today my 3Gbs Dual Processor with 3Gbs memory runs LEAN
[without internal data storage] .... I regularly offload to the external drive
In the event of a future crash ....
it simply means
# a re-instal of my operating system
# updating of OS to current date
# then reinstalling of third party programs I use [stored upon External Drive]
All of my data, would be recoverable
thanks to, the cheap cost of, my external memory storage
Raid, is cool, just so long as you can rewrite the bad drive
from the good drive
. Otherwise, it is a royal pain, in the proverbial butt
dave