[19:58] <jrwren> awe yeah... pvmove, vgreduce, pvremove, and unplug the drive and remove it. don't let anyone tell ya that SATA isn't hotswapable ;)
[19:58] <jrwren> no need to reboot
[20:56] <cmaloney> SATA always struck me as designed better for quick change
[23:00] <Scary_Guy> I mean it is, but the board has to support it or you're going to have a bad time.
[23:42] <jrwren> Scary_Guy: yeah? have you done it much to find out about the bad time?
[23:44] <jrwren> I haven't.
[23:44] <jrwren> my only experience is just rolling with it. unplugging has lead to no stability problems for me.
[23:52] <Scary_Guy>  I have not.  But that is what I've read.  Maybe newer hardware has built in support already.  I'm running a potato from ten years ago.
[23:53] <Scary_Guy> I even have fancy hot-swap caddyless bays.  Still not going to try it.
[23:54] <Scary_Guy> Caddyless isn't the correct word but the name escapes me at the moment.  I do like not having to take apart and unscrew drives just to get them out though.
[23:56] <Scary_Guy> I have an external 3.0 reader so I don't have to shut the system down to swap them.  This might be the equivalent of a Korean 30 minute shut off timer on an oscillating fan, but at least I'm comfy with it.