Questions tagged [raid]
Redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks; a technology which utilizes multiple disks to provide increased reliability, performance, and/or redundancy. Can be implemented either in software or with a hardware controller.
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Need help wiping old RAID 0 SSDs (Read-Only / Locked State)
This might look simple, but it’s turned into a 3-day rabbit hole.
I have two Samsung 2 TB SSDs that were configured in a RAID 0 array using AMD RAIDExpert2. The original PC is gone, and I want to wipe ...
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Can't boot to Windows 10 Installation Media on USB when SATA configuration in BIOS is set to AHCI (but works when set to RAID)
This is a more targeted version of this question, as said question may be trying to deal with too many angles on a much broader problem, and I'd like to isolate and solve this specific issue.
(Note: a ...
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How to move an EFI partition from a disk to another on Windows Server 2019?
The reason is that Windows Server 2019 was installed on the second disk, then realizing this mistake, Windows Server was deleted from the second disk, and then it was reinstalled on the first disk, ...
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How to add more drives to a sambashare and also best arrangement for multiple drives of different sizes in a RAID setup
I have a home "server" which I use to store files and also watch a few videos from. I have a few 1tb hard drives that I have laying around and I want to use them but I don't know if it is a ...
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Raid 1 array (mdadm) wont rebuild after moving disks to new computer
I am facing an issue where my raid 1 array that I've setup using mdadm with two 8TB HDDs wont rebuild anymore after I've moved them from my old nuc based NAS to a server that I built. Before they were ...
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How do I get the 24 bay backplane working on the Dell PowerEdge R630 rack server?
I recently got a bare bones Dell R630 motherboard, then collected some of the missing parts, PSU, RAID controller (H730p mini), etc. I'm having problems (probably user error) with the backplane.
I ...
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Is using RAID on SSD and HDD bad?
My laptop is HP da-0XXX. I use SSD and HDD, but I boot from SSD and only use HDD for storing files. I just now realized that my SATA is set to RAID. I read that it is not really recommended to use ...
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How do I change the operational status of my storage pool?
I have a storage pool that has 3 drives, and it recently auto retired two of my disks.
I screwed up and formatted one of them, so now I am left with 2 out of 3 disks and one is retired.
I tried ...
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When I use 2 PCIe 3.0 x1 slots and I put in both a M.2 PCI-E Adapter Card with 1 SSD each and put it in RAID, what the max speed I will get?
I am trying to get the max speed out my HP Prodesk 600 G2
I started with the max CPU i7-6700K .
I have put 32GB of max RAM inside it, I know 64GB is possible but for now okay.
I have one PCIe 3.0 x 4 ...
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How do I disable RAID without losing all the data? [closed]
I'm experiencing an unexpected RAID configuration on my laptop and need to disable it without losing any data.
I'm not sure when this RAID setup began, but I recently noticed "(RAID)" next ...
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Gigabyte Z77 Motherboard died. Help Reading Data from RAID 0 (4xSATA) bound to 2 x Marvell 88SE9172 RAID Controllers (2xSATA on each controller)
I have 4xSATA HDD’s in a RAID 0 configuration which was setup using a Marvell 88SE9172 controller on my Gigabyte GA-Z77x-UP7 motherboard, which is now dead.
I’ve researched and so far I can’t find a ...
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How to mount the /dev/md mount: you must specify the filesystem type?
I assmble the disks and start dhe RAID 5.
[nap@NAS8C4590 ~]$sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md130 /dev/sdf3 /dev/sde3 /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdb3
mdadm: /dev/md130 has been started with 5 drives.
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Why is RedHat 8 showing kernel messages complaining about the disks on Dell servers?
We have a cluster with Red Hat 8 servers. From dmesg, we are seeing strange errors related to the disks. These errors appear only on the Red Hat 8 servers and do not occur on the Red Hat 7 servers, ...
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RAID1 write performance drop on mounted NVMe over TCP volumes
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I was capturing performance trends of RAID1 array consisting of remote NVMe over TCP volumes. With RAID1, I expect write performance to be equal to the slowest of the raid devices as it ...
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Configuring new RAID array with existing RAID drives
I currently have a RAID array running in RAID 1 on just two 6TB hard drives. This has worked well for me for a while, but I have been given four 8TB WD Red hard drives by a family member. My current ...