RAID Problems
Hi, I have just built a system using a Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 Motherboard using nVidia SATA Raid. I attached 2 500Gb Samsung SATA2 drives, downloaded the SATA Raid drivers for Vista from nVidia and created a Mirrored Raid array with them, then installed Windows Vista Business. The install appeared to go OK, I was downloading Windows [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  4:49 PM
RAID, SATA, SATA 2, Vista

how to maintain Windows 2000 server uptodate
I am working on Windows 2000 server having raid configured on it. I want to know how best i can maintain our server uptodate with minimum downtime. Also how to confirm whether hardware or software raid configured.

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  6:16 AM
RAID, Windows 2000 Server

RAID
How do i configure RAID for an HP Prolianr Server

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2010  10:01 AM
HP, HP ProLiant, RAID

Transfer Exchange 2007 from Windows Mirror to Hardware Raid
I have a situation where I have to image/install or reinstall Exchange 2007 running on a Windows Software mirror and it has drastically degraded the performance and has hung the server numerous times and then we have to do a hard reset on the box. How can I transfer the complete HD from that software [...]

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2008  10:10 PM
Exchange 2007, RAID

Can a BA370 with a hsz70 be configured to work with either MS Server2000 or 2003 as a storage device?
We have an extra Compaq BA370 with a hsz70 controller card is there a way to configure this device to work with a current version of windows? Thanks

Answer Question   |  January 23, 2008  3:55 AM
Compaq BA370, RAID, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003

HP Server configuration
Hi All How we configure RAiD Controllor configurtion & other settings on HP Proliant Server Without HP Smart CD. Thanks in Advanced

Answer Question   |  April 17, 2010  11:25 AM
HP, HP Servers, RAID, Server configuration

Upgradation of raid
hi all how can i upgrade my raid level 1 to level 5 without loss any data and policy in domain controller regards mukesh

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  1:00 PM
Domain Controller, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5

RAID Levels on SAN
When deploying SQL Server 2005 Enterprise whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit versions using a SAN backend, does the Storage Methodologies regarding RAID1 (VRAID1) or RAID5 (VRAID5) change? There are differences of opinions in our organization regarding this issue. From the DBA Standpoint we strive to implement the correct solution using RAID1 or VRAID1 for [...]

Answer Question   |  July 15, 2008  11:13 AM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, SAN, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server Enterprise Edition, VRAID1, VRAID5

Urgent!!!!!!! Failed drive…..
Hi, I have a Raid Raidtec 3104 model that incloude one logical drive with Raid5 level.It was attached to a HP DL380G4 with Win server 2k sp4. By default in the “View and edit Drives” menu status of chanel2-id4 and channel2-id5 is ‘Used DRV’ !!!!??? In the “View and edit logical Drives -> View Scsi [...]

Answer Question   |  April 16, 2007  9:17 AM
RAID, SCSI, Storage, Storage products and equipment

SCSI RAID arrangement
What?s the fastest & most secure SCSI RAID arrangement (cost is not an issue). What makes it fast and what makes it secure?

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2008  4:16 PM
RAID, SCSI

Continual CHKDSK errors
I’ve recently scheduled a daily procedure (CMD) to run on a test group of PCs (including one server with mirrored drives) that runs CHKDSK early every morning. While running under Windows, if it finds errors, it will shutdown/restart and CHKDSK /F will be run to repair the errors. Out of a group of 10 PCs, [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2012  6:05 AM
CHKDSK, Disk drives, RAID, Storage

Increasing server performance
Help reviving servers. Configuration current: 8 300GB disks in Raid 5 10000RPM Each. Total 2TB (70%Full) with an average of 68kb files tottal of 24 million files. The curent read rate is at 8MB/Sec on NTFS windows 2003 Partition. Any suggestions on increasing performance on current configuration. P.S. We are running diskkeeper as difrag utility.

Answer Question   |  September 19, 2008  5:59 PM
NTFS, RAID, RAID 5, Server Performance, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003

RAID – Upgrading disks to larger ones
Hi all, I wrote not long ago about the best way to upgrade disks when using RAID1. I’ve now managed to copy all contents from my 2 original volumes, into 2 identical (but larger) volumes on the new larger disk. I used Ghost for this, by making a backup of first the system volume, then [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  4:38 PM
Disk drives, RAID

RAID 1 – How to upgrade disks
Hi there, I’m currently running a Windows Server 2003 (web edition) box which runs 2 8GB U320 SCSI disks, which make up a RAID 1 array. On this array, is a C: and D: logical drive, C being my OS and applications, D being my data. I’ve just purchased 2 148GB drives, which I now [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  1:45 PM
RAID, RAID 1, SCSI, Windows Server 2003

Drives Not showing full capacity after reinstall XP
DimensionXPS/Gen2 machine. WinXP Home SP2. Intel 82801ER SATA Raid controller(factory), (*2*) WD 1200JB 70GB hard drives. MyComputer shows only the “partition”‘s worth of the drive used when I did WinXP reinstall, and goofed format (fat32, instead of NTFS). Have researched incl. Dell, and still cannot get good config. set. It runs, it connects, I have [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2006  5:33 PM
Arrays, Hardware, RAID, SCSI, Storage management

Host based Striping of LUNs
I’m looking for some information regarding host based striping of LUNs – specifically to improve performance. I have a Raid 5 LUN that hold a database. I know that I have a latency issue on this LUN so i’m debating whether to split the LUN into two seperate Raid 5 LUNS then stipe these using [...]

Answer Question   |  September 19, 2008  6:52 AM
Exchange databases, LUNs, RAID, RAID 5, Striping, Windows Server 2003

storage
Hi , I am mahesh.j a fresher , i would like build my carrier on storage .where i am familer to storage hardware now i would like expertise on it.My question is that how to be expertise on it, so i would request u all help me on it by ur guidlines. what are platform [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  9:05 AM
Arrays, Backup & recovery, Commvault, Computer Associates, Disk drives, EMC, Fibre channel, HP, IBM, NAS, Optical, RAID, SAN, SCSI, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Tape drives/Libraries, Veritas

Exchange restores from swapped raid 1 drives
My question relates to hardware and exchange. In this scenario I would be running a set of hotswap raid 1 drives: one with exchange and the information store databases and another with transaction logs. If my Information store were to become corrupt and I loaded a backup set of drives with the databases and exchange [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  1:55 PM
Backup & recovery, Exchange security, RAID, RAID 1, Storage products and equipment, Veritas

Capacity Expansion on RAID 5 Array
I recently replaced the 4 18GB drives one at a time in my HP NetServer with 73 GB drives. The capacity shows up as the original 54 GB. I check the drives with disk manager and no additional unused space appears. How do I get the unused space to appear so I can create another [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  10:31 PM
HP NetServer, RAID, RAID 5, Servers

RAID question
I currently have the following setup on my server: Win2k3 Adaptec 29160 Ultra 160 SCSI adapter 2-36G SCSI drives 2-73G SCSI drives the 36G holds the OS and programs the 73G holds data files I have each mirrored with software RAID 1 in the OS I am ordering a new hardware RAID SCSI controller to [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2008  5:53 PM
RAID, RAID 1, SCSI, Windows Server 2003