Maintainability Observations (2)
Scenario: administrator adds a new spare
- a common task that can be done with hot-swap drive trays
- Linux requires a reboot for the disk to be recognized
- Windows can dynamically detect the new disk
Windows 2000 RAID is easier to maintain
- easier GUI configuration
- more flexible in adding disks
- SCSI rescan and NTFS deal with administrator goofs
- less likely to require administration due to transient errors
- BUT must manually initiate reconstruction when needed