Data Dictionary Update

We had an external raid fail that had plenty of data. We have since unmounted the raid. However, the data dictionary views are still seeing this drive and are therefore giving an error when trying to query the views. How can we update the data dictionary?????

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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...

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VRAID vs RAID

What are the basic differences between VRAID and RAID?

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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 editions now i want to make it...

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Adding an additonal Fibre channel card on XServe G5

I have tape library that connects via fibre channel. When I set up the tape library, I've connected it to an open port on a QLogic fibre channel switch that had an XServer G5 and seven RAIDS. The tape library is running into speed and connection issues when the RAIDs are being hit with a lot of...

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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...

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Raid 0 Migrating – RAID mode in BIOS causes BSOD

I have a Dell xps 420 that came with Vista 32 bit. I have switched over to Vista 64 bit (and as far as I can tell updated all my drivers). I want to run raid 0. I would like to use the Migrating feture and avoid having to do a fresh re-install. The issue I am having is every time I enable raid mode...

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Looking for NAS solution

I have a number of IDE drives (between 250GB - 500GB) that I have out grown over the years. I was curious whether anyone is aware of a NAS (100/GB Int) device or similar chasis / enclosure (USB/Firewire) that accepts IDE drives and is affordable? I would prefer to have all three connections. I need...

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Trouble creating a RAID array with VMWare ESX3i

Hi, We’ve set up VMWare ESX3i on a single disk on our HP DL140 Server. We’re now trying to set up a RAID array, using the in-built LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller. Unfortunately, it says that there’s not enough space at the end of the disk, and it would need to be formatted, in order to...

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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...

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Will adding eATA interfere with my current RAID setup?

I just go a new eATA 1.5 TB harddrive what i like to ad to my setup as data back up drive on board i have 4 eATA conections 2 are used for raid 0 this is the setup CybertronPC X-Cruiser SLI AMD Gaming PC – AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz, 4GB DDR2-667, 2x250GB SATA II (RAID 0), DL DVD±RW, 2x...

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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 could recommend a happy...

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Iseries fails to boot

I have a v5r4 820 model that failed. Error code in display is 284C3203 which pointed to I/O problem for either system board or Disk controller. I replace both and the only way I can get past this error is by using the new disk card with the new RAID memory. The old RAID memory card seems to have...

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VMWare ESXi RAID issues on installation. Dell 600SC server

I have a Dell Power Edge 600SC server with a RAID card. At the install screen, I press ALT-F1 and I see that the megaraid2 drivers load, but the installation still cannot find a supported device to install too. user submitted question

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Adding DASD to an IBM 9406-800 RAID

System has Device Parity Protection and PCI-X RAID disk unit controller. Currently have 4 17.54GB drives installed and need instruction on how to install 2 additional drives. Know how to physically install drives need to know the SST steps for intalling, formating and configuring the new drive...

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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?

Jimdenver165 pointsBadges:

Backups to disk across GB ethernet – what’s your speed limit?

We don't have a SAN yet. We're trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4's Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID...

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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....

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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 host...

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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?

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