Hot-plugging, wanda kuma aka sani da Hot Swap, wani fasali ne da ke ba masu amfani damar cirewa da kuma maye gurbin kayan aikin da suka lalace kamar su hard drive, kayan wuta, ko katunan fadada ba tare da rufe tsarin ko yanke wuta ba. Wannan ƙarfin yana haɓaka ikon tsarin don dawo da bala'i akan lokaci, haɓakawa, da sassauci. Misali, ingantattun tsarin madubin faifai da aka ƙera don manyan aikace-aikace sau da yawa suna ba da ayyuka masu zafi.
A cikin sharuɗɗan ilimi, toshe mai zafi ya ƙunshi Sauyawa Mai zafi, Faɗawa mai zafi, da Haɓakawa mai zafi. An fara gabatar da shi a cikin yankin uwar garken don inganta amfanin uwar garken. A cikin kwamfutocin mu na yau da kullun, hanyoyin haɗin kebul sune misalai na gama-gari na toshe zafi. Ba tare da toshe zafi ba, ko da diski ya lalace kuma an hana asarar bayanai, masu amfani suna buƙatar rufe tsarin na ɗan lokaci don maye gurbin diski. Sabanin haka, tare da fasahar toshe zafi, masu amfani za su iya buɗe maɓallin haɗin kai kawai ko rike don cire diski yayin da tsarin ke ci gaba da aiki ba tare da katsewa ba.
Aiwatar da toshe zafi yana buƙatar tallafi ta fannoni da yawa, gami da halayen lantarki na bas, motherboard BIOS, tsarin aiki, da direbobin na'ura. Tabbatar da cewa yanayin ya cika takamaiman buƙatu yana ba da damar fahimtar kayan aikin zafi. Motocin bas na zamani suna goyan bayan fasaha mai zafi, musamman tun lokacin 586 lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da faɗaɗa bas ɗin waje. An fara daga 1997, sabbin sigogin BIOS sun fara tallafawa damar toshe-da-wasa, kodayake wannan tallafin bai ƙunshi cikakken toshe zafi ba amma an rufe ƙari mai zafi da sauyawa mai zafi. Duk da haka, wannan fasaha ita ce mafi yawan amfani da ita a cikin yanayin zafi mai zafi, don haka shawo kan damuwa na motherboard BIOS.
Game da tsarin aiki, an gabatar da tallafi don toshe-da-wasa tare da Windows 95. Duk da haka, goyon bayan hot-plugging ya iyakance har sai Windows NT 4.0. Microsoft ya fahimci mahimmancin toshe zafi a cikin yankin uwar garken sabili da haka, an ƙara cikakken goyon bayan toshe zafi zuwa tsarin aiki. Wannan fasalin ya ci gaba ta hanyar sigogin Windows na gaba bisa fasahar NT, gami da Windows 2000/XP. Muddin aka yi amfani da sigar tsarin aiki sama da NT 4.0, ana ba da cikakken goyon baya mai zafi. Dangane da direbobi, an haɗa ayyukan haɗaɗɗun zafi a cikin direbobi don Windows NT, Novell's NetWare, da SCO UNIX. Ta zaɓar direbobi masu dacewa da waɗannan tsarukan aiki, kashi na ƙarshe don cimma ƙarfin toshe zafi ya cika.
A cikin kwamfutoci na yau da kullun, na'urorin da aka haɗa ta hanyar haɗin kebul (Universal Serial Bus) da mu'amalar IEEE 1394 na iya cimma matsaya mai zafi. A cikin sabobin, abubuwan da za a iya haɗa su da zafi sun haɗa da rumbun kwamfyuta, CPUs, ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, kayan wuta, magoya baya, adaftar PCI, da katunan cibiyar sadarwa. Lokacin siyan sabobin, yana da mahimmanci a kula da waɗanne abubuwan haɗin gwiwa ke goyan bayan toshe zafi, saboda wannan zai yi tasiri sosai akan ayyukan gaba.
Lokacin aikawa: Yuli-21-2023
