Does RAID 6 need hot swap drives?

[jmillerwv]

My question is this: If you install a RAID controller card and are going to run RAID6 do you need the drives to be hooked to a backplane or to be hot swap capable or can the entire unit be shut down to make the replacement of the failed drive?

 

[mcnumpty23]

i would think can do it both ways

though for hot swap you need hardware that allows it---backplane etc

though personally i use windows storage spaces instead of raid

its more versatile and free

and as long as you have enough sata ports thats all thats needed

doesnt even matter if all the drives are different sizes you get the full amount

 

[jmillerwv]

i would think can do it both ways

though for hot swap you need hardware that allows it---backplane etc

though personally i use windows storage spaces instead of raid

its more versatile and free

and as long as you have enough sata ports thats all thats needed

doesnt even matter if all the drives are different sizes you get the full amount

 

[jmillerwv]

Thank you very much for the answer. I will look into the cost as well as the windows storage spaces.

jmillerwv

 

[RealBeast]

My question is this: If you install a RAID controller card and are going to run RAID6 do you need the drives to be hooked to a backplane or to be hot swap capable or can the entire unit be shut down to make the replacement of the failed drive?

Either way if you have a mainstream card (Adaptec, LSI, etc).

 

[RealBeast]

You will not be very happy with RAID 6 if you are used to using RAID 5 -- it is WAY slower on the same hardware. I prefer to run enterprise drives and use a global hot spare in RAID 5, rather than take the performance hit of 6.

 

[mcnumpty23]

Thank you very much for the answer. I will look into the cost as well as the windows storage spaces.

jmillerwv

you are welcome

and storage spaces is a part of windows most people have never even heard of to be honest

i find it very versatile and as long as you have enough drives it can do multiple mirroring so still capable of more than 1 disk failing you dont lose stuff

it might not match a normal high end raid setup but doesnt have the associated costs either