From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NfJUW-0005Uu-Sz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 61AA7E0AD1; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BA9E0AD1 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:32 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,445,1262563200"; d="scan'208";a="173424104" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 10 Feb 2010 20:48:32 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 972AC33EF9 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:28 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <7EC0C543-9FB1-4149-B9F2-72B3262C01DA@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <201002101826.56204.joost@antarean.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:29 +0000 References: <5bdc1c8b1002070827i14f59047k39a695900ebe9889@mail.gmail.com> <201002101214.46341.joost@antarean.org> <201002101826.56204.joost@antarean.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 0d051201-2415-4a83-92fe-e4ec5f5697f7 X-Archives-Hash: 787c61474b5d6dc238ce3079e0a947bd On 10 Feb 2010, at 17:26, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> ... >>> The mainboard I use (ASUS M3N-WS) has a working hotswap support >>> (Yes, I tested >>> this) using hotswap drive bays. >>> Take a disk out, Linux actually sees it being removed prior to >>> writing to it >>> and when I stick it back in, it gets a new device assigned. >> >> This is very interesting to know. >> >> This would be very useful here, even if just for auxiliary use - >> swapping in a drive from another machine just to clone it, backup or >> recover data, for instance. > > Yes, but just for cloning, wouldn't it be just as easy to power down > the > machine, plug in the drive and then power it back up? > Or even stick it on a quick-change USB-case? :) I'd really rather not power the machine down. Likely it's in the middle of a 24-hour DVD rip, or something. A quick-change USB-case (or similar) is the current method, but I have 4 spare hot-swap bays on the front of this box, so slapping the drive in one of those reduces the clutter in the server cabinet. And that does have a tendency to get VERY cluttered, so if I can reduce that it also reduces the potential for human errors (pulling the wrong USB cable by mistake &c). Stroller.