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Upgrade and Maintenance Manual 121
Hard disk drives / solid state drives
In order to permanently remove an operational HDD module that is part of a
RAID array from the server, you first need to delete the array using
ServerView RAID Manager.
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CAUTION!
All data on all HDDs/SSDs in the array will be lost! Be sure to back up
your data before deleting a RAID array.
For further information, please refer to the "ServerView Suite RAID
Management" user guide.
7.2.6.2 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module
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Pinch the green locking clips and open the locking lever (see figure 53 ).
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Pull the HDD/SSD module out a few centimeters.
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Wait about 30 seconds to allow the hard disk drive to spin down.
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This is not necessary when removing a solid state drive.
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This period is necessary for the RAID controller to recognize that an
HDD module has been removed and for the hard disk drive to come
to a stop.
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Pull the HDD/SSD module completely out of its bay.
RAID 1
RAID 5
Removing an HDD module from a RAID 1 or RAID 5 array
will not result in data loss.
However, the removed drive needs to be replaced
immediately by an HDD module of the same or larger
capacity.
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After replacing the HDD module, RAID rebuild will
be performed as a background process as
described in section
"Performing a RAID array
rebuild" on page 85 .
RAID level Procedure