RAID Controllers

Dell PowerEdge 2800, 5 physical Maxtor's, 1 RAID 5. RAID controller or hdd failure?

An above mentioned server was taken out of storage after 3 years. (storage was proper - sealed packaging&moisture absorbers) [strong][/strong]Does not start: 2 of 5 raid disks show "failed", both in RAID BIOS and LED's on the front panel. I tried swapping 2 failed drives with 2 good ones in...

Migrating two new 1TB drives to RAID 5 array

Using AMD's RAIDXpert, I added two new 1TB drives to an existing RAID 5 array. The existing array already held data. After migrating the new drives (assuming this would allow me to save my preexisting data) and restarting my computer, I am asked to reformat the array. I would really like to recover...

Can RAID 0 volume be deleted and re-added with no data loss?

I have a Dell Precision 690 Workstation with an LSI Integrated RAID controller. I have a 2-disk RAID 0 (what LSI refers to as an IS or Integrated Striping) volume. Recently the motherboard was replaced (and the RAID controller is integrated onto the motherboard). Ever since the motherboard...

Upgrading Computer Motherboard that currently has two RAID 0 setups

I will be upgrading my computer components with a new motherboard and currently have a RAID-0 setup with my old mb's built-in Promise FastTrak 378 controller. I also have a Promise FastTrak TX4310 pci card controller with another RAID-0 setup. Both have two drives each. Will I lose data on either...

Installing RAID 1 on XP machines or use server software?

We have a mission critical robot on the production line that is run by 3 pc quality machines running NT4 workstation. They are referred to as A B and C It has crashed 2 times in the last year. Both times it was the motherboard on PC B. This machine runs 24x7. The IT department has not had much...