RAID Questions


Replace failed disk
Hi guys, need your help once more. I need to replace a failed disk (RAID 5). I’m not shore how to do it, should I use navigator or DST? Need to stop RAID first? I already have the document with the steps to rebuild data on the new disk, just don’t know what to do [...]

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2013  1:16 PM
iSeries, RAID
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285 pts.

How to create backup RAID configuration?
Hello everybody. I am studying about Hard RAID. I want to backup RAID configuration and save it to my USB or FDD, so how to do it? Is RAID configuration only in RAID card?

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2013  9:37 AM
RAID, RAID configuration
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5 pts.

RAID Benefits
What are the benefits of implementing RAID?

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2012  5:31 PM
RAID
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20 pts.

doubts about raid
Can we use two raid groups at a time in a storage system? ie can we use both raid 10 and raid 6 on the same set of drives?

Answer Question   |  July 12, 2012  5:40 PM
RAID, Storage
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150 pts.

Raid 10
I have a raid 10 4 drive array. Can I add more drives to this setup?

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2012  5:19 PM
RAID
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0 pts.

Adding HP SAN P4000G2 to an existing cluster????
I appologize in advance for my newb terminology but I have no experince in this at all. I have an environment running on vmware esxi 4.1 and HP lefthand san p4000 g2. currently their san is set RAID5 with one LUN and two datastores but they are running out of space and getting some major [...]

Answer Question   |  June 7, 2012  6:26 PM
IP SAN, RAID, VMware
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5 pts.

RAID
What is RAID and how many types of RAID are available in the current machine and what is what is the different RAID0, RAID1 RAID 5

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  12:27 PM
RAID
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5 pts.

PSM LUN RAID type
What is the Raid Tpe of PSM LUN and what it contains exactly?

Answer Question   |  October 12, 2011  4:22 PM
LUN, RAID, Vault Drives
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5 pts.

loading raid drivers with no floppy
building new server to replace a dead one using ent serv 2003. new server doesn’t have floppy and when loading os I f6 when prompted but cannot load raid drivers without floppy. have floppy copied to usb drive, could use some help on how to continue.

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2011  8:57 PM
Enterprise Server 2003, RAID, RAID Driver, RAID Installation
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60 pts.

Making a virtual NAS out of a server
I have a I couple of rackmount servers that have Raid f drives set up and running ESXi 4.1  I am trying not to purchase a NAS as this is a pretty small scale project.  Anyone have experience using a software solution to make the DAS drives in the servers look like a NAS that [...]

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2011  9:45 PM
Cisco switches, DAS, ESXi, NAS, RAID, Virtual NAS appliance
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Bet
5 pts.

Building a replica of production ERP boxes
We want to build a replica of our production ERP boxes. How can we clone the entire system including the raid configuration and all drives connected to the system?

Answer Question   |  April 11, 2011  8:10 PM
Clone database, ERP Server, ERP solution, RAID, RAID configuration, Replicating databases
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16,755 pts.

AMD RAIDXpert error message
I am getting the following AMD RAID Xpert message, BSL accessed on disk (Port number 1, Target ID 1) at LBA 0x04fade9. What is this and how do I fix it?

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  1:02 AM
AMD, AMD RAIDXpert, RAID
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5 pts.

how a RAID level 1 is configured in an IBM H21 BladeServer with a RAID controller
how a RAID level 1 is configured in an IBM H21 BladeServer with a RAID controller

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2011  8:16 AM
IBM BladeServer, RAID, RAID 1, RAID configuration, RAID Level 1
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5 pts.

Mirror Disk to single disk
My desktop PC has fallen over. Is it possible to use one of its pair of RAIDed mirrored disks as an additional disk in an other desktop system?

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2011  10:04 AM
Data Recovery, Mirrored Drives, RAID
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25 pts.

Setting up a RAID 1 from an internal HD to an external HD
I have a 500GB internal HD on which I store all of my media and documents. I am interested in creating and maintaining an identical backup of the data stored on the internal drive on an external USB hard drive, while also having the internal HD being accessible other computers and devices on my home [...]

Answer Question   |  March 16, 2011  3:59 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup and restore, Backup storage, RAID, RAID 1
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5 pts.

RAID On Home PC
I was just wondering if anyone of you does RAID to your home pc? If yes what RAID (1,5 or etc) do you guys do?

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2011  3:07 PM
Data storage management, Hardware, RAID, RAID 1, RAID Array
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15,485 pts.

RAID usage for 5 HDD
If we have 5 hdd containing 250 gb space each then how much hdd space will be available to use in RAID-5?

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  2:12 PM
Hard disks, HDD, RAID, RAID configuration, Storage capacity planning
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270 pts.

Add a drive to a Raid 5 without destroying the data
Can you change the amount of drives in a raid 5 array? For example we now have 6 136 GB drives in our raid 5 array. Can we add one more drive to the array as either a hot spare or actually part of the array? Currently the array uses all 6 drives.

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2011  3:10 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
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9,815 pts.

Creating Raid 1+0, I only see 1 or 0
How can I create a raid 10? From the adapters bios (perc4) I only see raid 1 or 0. Does this mean my card or drives do no support the option?

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2010  3:07 PM
BIOS, RAID, RAID 1, RAID Array, RAID configuration, Storage arrays
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9,815 pts.

Rebuilding Raid 5
I have a ML 350 with a 641 controller running RAID5 with 3 36 gb drives and 2 72 gb drives. Since the 72s are acting as 36s can I rebuild them with 36s?

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2010  1:57 PM
HP ProLiant ML 350, RAID, RAID 5, RAID configuration, RAID rebuild, Windows Server 2003
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15 pts.