topic can add 1 spear hard drive in RAID TECH in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452888#M43624 <P>Hi All&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;kindly can add <STRONG>one</STRONG> drive in <EM>RAID</EM><SPAN>-</SPAN><EM>TEC&nbsp;</EM> as hot spare for general system contain from 26 SSD <SPAN>NVMe</SPAN>?</P><P>is this possible and HOW can do that?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 23 May 2024 12:33:11 GMT AhmedAl-Batoosh 2024-05-23T12:33:11Z can add 1 spear hard drive in RAID TECH https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452888#M43624 <P>Hi All&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;kindly can add <STRONG>one</STRONG> drive in <EM>RAID</EM><SPAN>-</SPAN><EM>TEC&nbsp;</EM> as hot spare for general system contain from 26 SSD <SPAN>NVMe</SPAN>?</P><P>is this possible and HOW can do that?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 23 May 2024 12:33:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452888#M43624 AhmedAl-Batoosh 2024-05-23T12:33:11Z Re: can add 1 spear hard drive in RAID TECH https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452953#M43636 <P>No, Spare disk can't&nbsp; inside&nbsp; &nbsp;a raid group</P> Wed, 29 May 2024 03:20:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452953#M43636 longren 2024-05-29T03:20:07Z Re: can add 1 spear hard drive in RAID TECH https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452956#M43638 <P>I mean hot spare for each aggregate <STRONG>or</STRONG> for general system :</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 May 2024 05:55:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/can-add-1-spear-hard-drive-in-RAID-TECH/m-p/452956#M43638 AhmedAl-Batoosh 2024-05-29T05:55:41Z