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Questions & Answers
Are the Intellex RMS drives hot-swappable?
What do I do if a hard disk fails?
How long will I have to stop recording to
replace the hard disk?
How long does it take to rebuild a hard disk?
What replacement drive should I use?
I would like to use another RAID method.
What is supported?
When I look in the storage, I see just 1 drive.
I thought the unit had 4 drives.
What happens if more than 1 hard disk fails?
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Question Answer
Yes. You can easily swap a defective hard
disk without powering down.
Identify the failed hard disk using the 3DM2
utility, and follow the on-screen
recommendations. It may mean, replace the
hard disk and start rebuilding.
The disk replacement process can be
completed in 10–15 minutes. You must also
allow time for rebuilding the hard disk.
That depends on the disk size and whether
you rebuild while the Intellex software is
running in the background.
It can take upwards of 8 hours to rebuild a
250GB disk while recording, but slightly less
while not recording.
Contact your dealer for the proper
replacement part number.
Only RAID 5 is supported.
All the drives in the RAID array appear as a
single logical drive.
All data is lost.
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