Introduction to RAID : RAID Components and Features : Hot Swap

Hot Swap

A hot swap manually replaces a defective drive unit when the computer is still running. When a new drive has been installed, a rebuild occurs automatically if these situations occur:

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The newly inserted drive is the same capacity as or larger than the failed drive.

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The newly inserted drive is placed in the same drive bay as the failed drive it is replacing.

You can configure the Nytro MegaRAID controller to detect the new drives and automatically rebuild the contents of the drive.