[BlueOnyx:05897] Re: server repair/replacement

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Germano wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Just a quick question, something I have pondered for a while
> 
> Lets say my server dies tomorrow, the motherboard goes bad, processor.. 
> Something along thoughts lines
> 
> Am I able to just swap the hard drives out into something else and run 
> it with minimal effort?
> 
> I don’t keep spares and just wondered if it was a dangerous game to play.
> 
> I tend to get last years model on ebay which sometimes means parts are 
> expensive or hard to come by for some things, since a lot of what I do 
> is for my own benefit and I take my friends and family along for the 
> ride so it doesn’t make sense to have inventory

Hi Germano,

So long as you're not using a proprietary RAID card or something, it's 
generally very easy to swap drives into another box and let it rip. 
The only thing you might wind up with is if your ifconfig has a MAC 
address specified you'll need to pull that out of the config file. 
Otherwise, it's pretty straightforward.

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