On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 21:46 -0400, Mark Thuemmel wrote: > why do you need hotplug drives? is your uptime requirement so much that > you can't power down and remove a few screws? I'd always go hot-plug, that way I can just swap the drives at 9AM [drives *always* seem to fail at night] rather than having to schedule an after-hours visit.