Does HP’s MediaSmart Server offer hot-swapping of drives?
You can remove a hard drive (both SATA and external USB drives) without powering down the system, but first you must “remove it” via the Home Server Console. Content is migrated off the hard disk drive to be removed; you will get adequate warnings if there’s not enough room on other hard disk drives for the content. The hard disk drive indicator on the unit glows purple, telling you it’s ok to remove the hard disk drive. You insert a new hard disk drive, then go to the Home Server Console to “add it” to your volume. The overall capacity increases, and the LED glows blue to indicate that the storage has been added.
