Hi Guys,
I have a question before changing out failed drives.
I have a customer with a HP ProLiant ML370 G5
Windows 2003 Small Business Server SP 2
and Smart Array P400 Controller.
There are 4 x 146GB SAS drives in the server. 1 is used as a hot spare.
There are 2 drives in the raid 5 configuration that are flashing amber.
In the ACU there are no exclamation marks and everything seems healty.
I understand that the hot spare jumps in on a failure and holds the info till the drive is
replaced. But there are two failed disk - does the hot spare hold the info for the 2 failed drives?
I need to replaced the failed disks but am afraid to pull them out since there are only 3 in the raid
and 2 are failing.
The server seems fine and the customer is working away but I need out move on this asap.
Can someone help me with the procedure or is it too risky - should I backup and replace server at
this stage?
Thank you in advance