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  A few Raid questions

  Posted by Glenn Grant on August 25, 2009 at 4:46 pm

  I have two questions about a Raid set ups.

  I have a Sonnet five disk raid 5 set up attached via eSata with a G-tech raid controller card. I have one large project on it, that I only work on from time to time. I might work on it a few days in a row, and then not get back to it for a week or two.

  My question is should I turn off the enclosure at night and turn it back on every morning, or just let it run all the time? What if I know I won’t need it for a week or so?

  I also backed up all the media onto two internal hard drives stripped together using the disk utility raid. Can I safely remove these two drives and reinstall them later if needed, or will that mess me up?

  Thanks,
  Glenn

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  Glenn Grant replied 16 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Curtis Thompson

  August 25, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  hello…

  2nd one is hard to answer w/o more info, but you’ll always extend the life of a hard drive if you turn it off, plus you’ll save power, so ya – if you don’t need it for a week at a time, it can’t hurt to properly shut it down and then turn it back on. i wouldn’t do it 10 times a day, but for extended periods of down time, sure…

  sitruc
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  Glenn Grant

  August 25, 2009 at 11:29 pm

  Thanks Curtis, I thought it would help save energy if I could turn it off. What about at the end of the day if I know I am going to use it the next day should I leave it on?

  I will just leave the internal drives alone. I was hoping to take them out so I could add a new drive for a clean instal of the OS and FCS 3. But I can remove one of the other drives for that.

  Thanks,
  Glenn

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