Users cannot access server data after restart
I have 2 clusters with a storage box with 3 hard disks with RAID 5 configured. When Node 1 fails, Node 2 takes over the data shares, but in my case when Node 1 is restarted and Node 2 takes over the data, no user can access the server data. When I open the cluster [...]
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| June 29, 2009 8:33 PM
Cluster, RAID 5, RPC error
I have 2 clusters with a storage box with 3 hard disks with RAID 5 configured. When Node 1 fails, Node 2 takes over the data shares, but in my case when Node 1 is restarted and Node 2 takes over the data, no user can access the server data. When I open the cluster [...]
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| June 29, 2009 8:33 PM
Cluster, RAID 5, RPC error
Raid 5 How do I setup?
I have a server with four drives and I want to install a raid 5 configuration Do i need to keep one disk at a different volume, not raid 5, to run the OS ?
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| June 15, 2009 4:44 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
I have a server with four drives and I want to install a raid 5 configuration Do i need to keep one disk at a different volume, not raid 5, to run the OS ?
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| June 15, 2009 4:44 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
Windows 2003 Enterprise server not seeing new HDrives
Hi there. We have a windows 2003 server here in the office that we just put 4 new 34.6gb HDs in for a total of 6. The drives are running RAID 5. When we first put them in the HP system management software the admin uses to track the RAID arrays and what not had [...]
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| June 4, 2009 1:51 PM
Hard drives, Logical Drive, RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Hi there. We have a windows 2003 server here in the office that we just put 4 new 34.6gb HDs in for a total of 6. The drives are running RAID 5. When we first put them in the HP system management software the admin uses to track the RAID arrays and what not had [...]
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| June 4, 2009 1:51 PM
Hard drives, Logical Drive, RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Raid 5 performance
We’re going to re-do the disk configuration on a server due to need for more disk space. It’s currently mirrored, raid 1, with 2 10,000rpm drives. We are planning to switch to raid 5 with 4 15,000 drives. Would this be bad for performance?
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| May 13, 2009 2:55 PM
RAID 5, RAID 5 Performance, RAID configuration, RAID Performance
We’re going to re-do the disk configuration on a server due to need for more disk space. It’s currently mirrored, raid 1, with 2 10,000rpm drives. We are planning to switch to raid 5 with 4 15,000 drives. Would this be bad for performance?
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| May 13, 2009 2:55 PM
RAID 5, RAID 5 Performance, RAID configuration, RAID Performance
Is a 3 drive RAID 5 array a good idea?
I am specifying a new server and have been told that a 3 drive RAID 5 array is not a good idea as I will not have a bootable drive in the event of a array controller failure. A better idea is O/S on a RAID1 mirror with apps too, and data on RAID 5 [...]
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| April 19, 2013 2:26 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array
I am specifying a new server and have been told that a 3 drive RAID 5 array is not a good idea as I will not have a bootable drive in the event of a array controller failure. A better idea is O/S on a RAID1 mirror with apps too, and data on RAID 5 [...]
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| April 19, 2013 2:26 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array
RAID 5 configuration on Dell PowerEdge 2800 hard disk failure
Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn’t login to windows server [...]
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| March 17, 2009 5:57 PM
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, iSCSI, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Restore, Windows Server 2003
Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn’t login to windows server [...]
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| March 17, 2009 5:57 PM
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, iSCSI, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Restore, Windows Server 2003
RAID management with IBM System x3400
hi iam new here and i have some questions to all of you who is working on RAID. 1. i have x3400 IBM SERVER and it has 2 disk with 74 GB each while installing with server cd the only availabel option raid 1 i selected that and after that i install w2k3 server standard [...]
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| March 9, 2009 8:34 AM
Disk mirroring, IBM System x3400, Partition Magic, RAID, RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance, RAID configuration, RAID failure, Storage management
hi iam new here and i have some questions to all of you who is working on RAID. 1. i have x3400 IBM SERVER and it has 2 disk with 74 GB each while installing with server cd the only availabel option raid 1 i selected that and after that i install w2k3 server standard [...]
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| March 9, 2009 8:34 AM
Disk mirroring, IBM System x3400, Partition Magic, RAID, RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance, RAID configuration, RAID failure, Storage management
How to backup RAID configuration
I want o backup raid Configuration, but i dont know.
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| March 9, 2009 7:13 AM
RAID 5, RAID configuration, RAID rebuild
I want o backup raid Configuration, but i dont know.
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| March 9, 2009 7:13 AM
RAID 5, RAID configuration, RAID rebuild
RAID 5 offers what type of fault tolerance
what is fault tolerance and raid 5 and raid 1 offer what type of fault tolerance
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| February 27, 2009 5:56 AM
Fault tolerance, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance
what is fault tolerance and raid 5 and raid 1 offer what type of fault tolerance
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| February 27, 2009 5:56 AM
Fault tolerance, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance
Loading Windows Server 2003 – Raid 5 (3 X 500Gb Drives)
Please forgive my ignorance, I usually deal in code and applications, servers and loading OS’s onto them is like talking Klingon to me right now, but I’m learning. I was stupid enough to buy a Dell PowerEdge 800 server with 3 x 500Gb disks already installed (and configured) as a RAID 5. I could have [...]
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| February 23, 2009 4:26 PM
Dell PowerEdge 800, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 configuration
Please forgive my ignorance, I usually deal in code and applications, servers and loading OS’s onto them is like talking Klingon to me right now, but I’m learning. I was stupid enough to buy a Dell PowerEdge 800 server with 3 x 500Gb disks already installed (and configured) as a RAID 5. I could have [...]
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| February 23, 2009 4:26 PM
Dell PowerEdge 800, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 configuration
Disk in Array is not recognized RAID 5 configuration
I have a Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller set up in a RAID 5 configuration with 4 disk. One of the disks in the in array is no longer recognized as a member because of one bad block. How can I “unmark” this disk as defective, and force it as a member of the array?
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| January 27, 2009 3:11 PM
Array, ATA, Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller, RAID 5, Raid Controller
I have a Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller set up in a RAID 5 configuration with 4 disk. One of the disks in the in array is no longer recognized as a member because of one bad block. How can I “unmark” this disk as defective, and force it as a member of the array?
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| January 27, 2009 3:11 PM
Array, ATA, Highpoint ATA 454 RAID controller, RAID 5, Raid Controller
Dell Poweredge 2800 will not reboot after RAID 5 install
I have a Dell Poweredge 2800. My situation is that i added 2 hard drives and setup Raid 5 successfully. I installed windows server 2003 and it finds the drives. “a disk read error has occurred” Any help?
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| December 16, 2008 3:44 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Hard Drive Installation, RAID, RAID 5, Server configuration, Windows Server 2003
I have a Dell Poweredge 2800. My situation is that i added 2 hard drives and setup Raid 5 successfully. I installed windows server 2003 and it finds the drives. “a disk read error has occurred” Any help?
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| December 16, 2008 3:44 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Hard Drive Installation, RAID, RAID 5, Server configuration, Windows Server 2003
RAID
I currently have four 1 Terabyte HDD. I’m planning on setting up a RAID 1, however I would like to get more space. I researched RAID 5 and read plenty of negative opinions about it. I hate to waste so much space, but I can’t take such a large risk for data loss. If anyone [...]
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| December 6, 2008 7:54 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID configuration
I currently have four 1 Terabyte HDD. I’m planning on setting up a RAID 1, however I would like to get more space. I researched RAID 5 and read plenty of negative opinions about it. I hate to waste so much space, but I can’t take such a large risk for data loss. If anyone [...]
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| December 6, 2008 7:54 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID configuration
implication of upgrade in Hard drives to 72gb from 36gb on windows NT using RAID 5
implication of upgrade in Hard drives to 72gb from 36gb on windows NT using RAID 5
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| November 25, 2008 1:03 PM
Hard drives, Hardware Upgrade, RAID 5, Windows NT
implication of upgrade in Hard drives to 72gb from 36gb on windows NT using RAID 5
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| November 25, 2008 1:03 PM
Hard drives, Hardware Upgrade, RAID 5, Windows NT
RAID 5
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW TO CONFIGURE RAID5? I DON’T HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RAID I KNOW WHY IT USED BUT DON’T HAVE MORE KNOWLEGE SO PLEASE GIVE KNOWLEDGE IN TOP TO BOTTOM
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| November 15, 2008 10:24 AM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Server blades
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW TO CONFIGURE RAID5? I DON’T HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RAID I KNOW WHY IT USED BUT DON’T HAVE MORE KNOWLEGE SO PLEASE GIVE KNOWLEDGE IN TOP TO BOTTOM
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| November 15, 2008 10:24 AM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, Server blades
Reconnecting data store to reload of ESX
My ESX server died due to hw failure. My data store resides on a seperate RAID5 set and I need to reconnect the datastore to my new ESX load. How can I do this without destroying the data in my disconnected /vmfs datastore?
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| September 28, 2008 5:58 PM
ESX 3.5, ESX Server, RAID, RAID 5, VMware, VMware ESX
My ESX server died due to hw failure. My data store resides on a seperate RAID5 set and I need to reconnect the datastore to my new ESX load. How can I do this without destroying the data in my disconnected /vmfs datastore?
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| September 28, 2008 5:58 PM
ESX 3.5, ESX Server, RAID, RAID 5, VMware, VMware ESX
RAID I want to take Ghost image for windows in RAID5 and able to restore the image again
I want to take Ghost image for windows in RAID5 and able to restore the image again when the system fails or something happed in the drive
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| August 28, 2008 10:09 AM
Backup, Ghost image, RAID, RAID 5
I want to take Ghost image for windows in RAID5 and able to restore the image again when the system fails or something happed in the drive
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| August 28, 2008 10:09 AM
Backup, Ghost image, RAID, RAID 5
Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 that is running out of space on the system partition
I have an Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 that is running out of space on the system partition. I have a RAID 5 configuration. I want to replace the drives with larger ones and resize the partitions in the process. I had two thoughts as a way to do this. One would [...]
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| May 27, 2011 1:03 PM
Exchange 2003, RAID, RAID 5, Storage management, System Partition, Windows Server 2003
I have an Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 that is running out of space on the system partition. I have a RAID 5 configuration. I want to replace the drives with larger ones and resize the partitions in the process. I had two thoughts as a way to do this. One would [...]
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| May 27, 2011 1:03 PM
Exchange 2003, RAID, RAID 5, Storage management, System Partition, Windows Server 2003
Deciding on configurations for SQL Servers
My new server has 3 x 146GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came pre-configured as RAID 5, and 2x 73GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came as RAID 1. Should I leave this configuration as is or should I change it?
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| August 1, 2008 6:10 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, Servers, SQL Server configuration
My new server has 3 x 146GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came pre-configured as RAID 5, and 2x 73GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came as RAID 1. Should I leave this configuration as is or should I change it?
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| August 1, 2008 6:10 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, Servers, SQL Server configuration
DFS real time replication in roaming profiles and home directories
Sorry for a possible repost. Is it ok to use two Win2008 servers (dual core Xeon with SAS disks in RAID 5) to set up a DFS target with real time replication for roaming profiles and users’ home directories so if one of the servers fails, the users will still be able to access their [...]
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| August 12, 2008 7:34 PM
DFS, DFS Replication, Failover, RAID 5, Roaming Profiles, Windows Server 2008
Sorry for a possible repost. Is it ok to use two Win2008 servers (dual core Xeon with SAS disks in RAID 5) to set up a DFS target with real time replication for roaming profiles and users’ home directories so if one of the servers fails, the users will still be able to access their [...]
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| August 12, 2008 7:34 PM
DFS, DFS Replication, Failover, RAID 5, Roaming Profiles, Windows Server 2008
