RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, and is a technology which can provide increased reliability, performance, and/or redundancy by utilizing multiple hard drives simultaneously. RAID can be implemented in a computer via either a hardware or software controller – the ...
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Performance penalty with different brands of SSD in a RAID 0?
I have a Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD with 515MB/sec write and 550MB/sec read.
Should I definitely buy an identical Patriot Pyro if I want RAID? Is mixing brands a bad idea?
What kind of speeds should I ...
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floppy disk controller mobo no connector RAID XP
I want to install a floppy disk drive, but my new ASUS P8Z68-V LX mobo does not have the floppy drive connection pins on it. What can I do? Is there an adapter? Or does a USB-floppy work at XP ...
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Desktop RAID worth it?
I am going to redo the drive configuration on my desktop and right now I am considering options. I have an SSD for the OS and vital programs and HDD's for everything else. I have two 2TB disks of the ...
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Raid Enclosures for running VM's
I'm looking at getting a Raid Enclosure for running vm's on. I have noticed that the ones that I have found, only have 1 sata port on the back of them. I'm going to be running the hard drives in ...
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Adding RAID drivers on Windows XP
I am trying to get the IRST INTEL RAID drivers installed on an XP system. I can only boot the XP system in IDE mode, but then I get the 'wrong hardware' message trying to install the RAID drivers.
I ...
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mdadm - software raid
I set up a small raid based Ubuntu 11.04 server machine and have just received this email from it. How can i verify or check this ?
Richard
This is an automatically generated mail message from ...
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Which CD-based antivirus can scan ICH10 RAID1 array?
I need to scan my Windows 7 system while booted from CD. However, my system is installed on ICH10 (Intel Matrix Storage) RAID1 array. I tried AVG Rescue CD, however it didn't detect my RAID array.
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Does RAID1 increase performance with Linux mdadm?
I have a cheap 2-bay NAS with a 2TB HDD. To be robust against disk failure, I'm thinking of buying a second 2TB HDD and putting it in RAID1 with Linux mdadm. The file system is ext4.
Will this ...
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Can't boot Windows XP after putting HD into another RAID 1 PC
I have an existing Windows 7 system with RAID 1 set up on two HDDs.
I have a third HD from an old computer that has Windows XP Pro SP3 on it. I want to put this HD into the new computer so I can ...
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Fibre Channel, HBAs, iSCSI, general IT knowledge?
I am looking between two options, a pair of Emulex LPe1150-E cards or a pair of Dell XR997 cards. What I'm looking to do:
I have a RAID6 array with an NTFS volume on an Areca card.
I have my ...
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Single drive to RAID 1, RAID 1 to single drive, existing drive to new RAID 1 array [closed]
Lets imagine three situations:
1)You have two hard drives in your PC. Drive A contains Windows installation and other files. Drive B is an empty drive. Your Motherboard supports RAID 1(additionally 0 ...
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What is the impact of using a Desktop edition disk in a RAID 1 setup?
I am setting up an onsite backup server in RAID 1 (soft) with low usage.
I prefer quietness and reliability over performance: so I selected one of these "green" disk.
Some NAS brand recommand these ...
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What are the theoretical performance differences between a single disk and a RAID-10 array?
Not taking hardware RAID cards into account, what kind of theoretical performance improvements should I see when using 4 disks in a RAID-10 array vs 1 disk by itself?
For example, on RAID-0, I would ...
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XFS Can't Read the Superblock
I awoke this morning to find an email from my RAID host (Linux software RAID) telling me that a drive had failed. It's consumer hardware, it's not a big deal. I have cold spares. However, when I ...
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Is there any freeware software to ghost a RAID 1 disk?
Where I can find freeware software to ghost a RAID 1 disk?
I installed Windows XP on a Dell server with a supported RAID card. I tried to ghost it using FOG project, but I think it doesn't support ...
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Can I run multiple RAID arrays on a single RAID card?
I"m looking to buy a hardware RAID card for my Linux computer which I'm building, and I'm specifically considering this Intel model.
I'm planning on running multiple RAID arrays in my computer: a ...
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How do you disable BIOS RAID on SuperMicro X9SCL/X9SCM motherboard?
I am trying to install SLES11 on a computer with a X9SCL/X9SCM SuperMicro motherboard. The BIOS version is 1.1a (9/28/2011).
The SATA controller configuration gives me the following choices:
AHCI
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how to know execution time of a background task in Linux
I am working with software raid in Linux. When I start the recovery of a raid array after a disk failure this task happens in background. /proc/mdstat should show the estimated time of recovery but it ...
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Does hard drive cache size matter in a RAID? [closed]
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Does hard drive buffer size matter?
Ok, so not a RAID exactly, but I just bought a drive-less Drobo to use as raw storage for video/photo work and am now browsing hard ...
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What's the difference between the Adaptec Hybrid RAID and MaxCache Using SSDs?
From this line of controllers
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/
Explained further here
http://www.adaptec.com/nr/pdfs/product_overview.pdf
My interpretation is as ...
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Is it better to partition hard drives for a RAID?
I have four 1TB hard drives and want to set them up in a RAID (5). Some calculations:
4x1000G = 3000G usable space
8x500G = 3500G usable space
16x250G = 3750G usable space
Does this mean it will ...
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USB3 with 2x SSD enclosure (RAID0/1)?
Soon I plan on getting SSDs. However I would want a SSD enclosure with two slots and raid0/1 support. I cannot find one like this so do they exist?
I would use raid1 in case one of the SSD fails I ...
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How to build raid with notebook hard disk and one USB hard disk
I have one USB 3.0 connection disk, Is it possible to build a raid system with the big disk and my internal notebook's disk. I want to make the read time faster.
If that is possible, Which raid is ...
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Does a SATA III controller for PCI-e 1.0 (x16) exist?
I'm trying to hunt around for a solution to a disk issue I have with my home server. Basically, I started to use it to stream video (going from a virtual host, it now does alot more). I see alot of ...
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Win7 soft-RAID failed, computer “jumped back in time”
I just rebooted my computer and upon logging into Windows, things seemed a little bit "off". I figured out rather quickly that everything was like it was two weeks ago. It was literally like ...
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Can I set up a RAID 5 with a bunch of drives of different sizes?
I currently have 3 1TB drives, a couple 500GB ones and some 750GB ones. Can I put them all in a RAID 5 configuration or do they need to be of same size?
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Hardware Raid or software for Dell Workstation?
I am buying a new Dell T-7500 workstation. My application is stock market trading.
After a Hard Disk crash once, I learned that I need an extra hard disk always ready in case one fails.
Dell is ...
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Examples of encrypted hot-swap RAID NAS for SOHO use?
As per title.
Does an encrypted hot-swap RAID NAS even exist?
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Resize a raid1 ntfs partition
My computer is running windows 7 on a software raid1 (ntfs obviously) partition.
I would like to reduce the size of the partition (currently the on whole disk) to install a raid0 (or 1 I don't know ...
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How to select a 2nd disk for RAID 1
I have a computer (Windows 7 x64 Professional, Intel Chipset, Intel Matrix Storage Manager installed) with 1 TB HDD (HP 1-TB 7.2K rpm SATA6.0Gb/s 3.5"). I would like to install 2nd HDD and create a ...
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How is WHS 2011 handling backups of a mirrored drive (RAID-1)?
I have Windows Home Server 2011 automatically backing up my PC.
The relevant specifications are that my 500GB system drive is a software mirror and my PC is running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.
I expected ...
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Can Adaptec's MaxCache and/or LSI's CacheCade SSD Caching solutions be set up from the BIOS alone?
Context:
I'm speccing out a server for work, and one of the requirements is that it will have a bunch of SATA HDDs RAID 5-ed together. We need some sort of SSD caching solution for high performance, ...
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Add a hard drive to expand RAID 5 array on Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology)?
I have a RAID 5 array of 3x1.5TB hard drives currently set up on my Asus P8P67 motherboard, and I'm wondering if I could add another 1.5TB hard drive to it without having to back up my data and ...
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RAID on Solid State Drives
Are there any notable differences, other than (awesome) performance, when running RAID arrays made up of solid state drives? I'm considering one of the two:
4 x 256GB SSD in RAID-10 (total usable ...
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Multiple operating systems/partitions on a hardware RAID array?
I've read that running multiple operating systems/boot partitions in RAID arrays doesn't always work as planned and is difficult at best. Is this true only of software RAID arrays? If so, that makes a ...
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Why are hardware RAID solutions relatively expensive?
I was looking more recently into building a RAID-10 array for good drive performance and parity, and I started looking into hardware RAID cards. I was thinking I'd be paying under $100 for one, but it ...
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fakeraid and ubuntu 11 (xubuntu) installers
I have an nvidia fakeraid implementation (asus a8n32-sli) configured in a 3 disk raid 5 configuration. I have run the xubuntu 11 installer (desktop) in the "use entire disk" mode. At the end it tries ...
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Which RAID level gives me protection against bit errors?
I might confuse things with parity here, but does any of the RAID levels except RAID2 employ any means against silent bit corruption in the data? What about checksumming? I am not talking about ...
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Hard drive configuration advice
I've got a few hard discs that I'd like to put in some sort of redundant configuration. Their sizes are:
600 GB
1 TB
2 TB
I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'd like to be able to abstract the ...
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Can I move a drive from a hardware-controlled RAID 1 mirror into a “dumb” system?
I'm considering a Sans Digital eSata RAID enclosure to expand the capacity of a system with no room for more internal disks.
I would put two 2TB drives in the enclosure and set up RAID 1 mirroring.
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SATA III 6Gb/s, is that 6gbit/sec per device, or for the entire controller?
If I have (12) SSD drives in a RAID6, will the max connection speed of each drive be 6Gbps, or is that for the entire controller?
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View Files from mirrored RAID outside the device
The Product I have is a Western Digital My Book
The device has stopped working but there is nothing wrong with either of the two mirrored drives. I would like to take out the two mirrored hard ...
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Theoretical maximum transfer rate of 10 external USB 2.0 HDD in RAID0
I know the theoretical maximum transfer speed of USB 2.0 is 480mbps, which calculates to be 60 MB/s. If I have 10 external hard drives in RAID0 all plugged into 10 USB ports at the same time, will I ...
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Is Online Capacity Expansion possible in Windows 7 software raid?
Many low-end raid cards now offer Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online Raid Level Migration (ORLM). This explains both.
Can I do OCE or ORLM on my Windows 7 software RAID to add disks and/or ...
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What would work faster: One PCI-E based super fast SSD 120GB or 4 SATA 2 SSD's 60GB inside some RAID?
I want to change my current RAID (HDD based 4 sata 2 120GB) on which my OS (Windows 7) is installed to some more fancy fast and modern SSD based. I have 2 options - 4 OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G or one 120 GB ...
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I obtained an old server from a friends friend; how can I find EITHER the product key or the admin password? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can reset Windows administrator password?
The computer in question is an IBM Netfinity with a RAID configuration using SCSI disks. I know how to crack admin ...
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Install Linux mint with Raid
My MB supports fake raid (Intel DH67CL motherboard). But I was using the system in 'software raid' as I could not correctly set up fake raid in Debian. Now, I decide to use Linux Mint 12. During the ...
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Windows System image to remove raid
I have a system running Windows7 with Intel's onboard SATA 'fake' RAID
It's causing issues with some software so I'm trying to remove it.
I have the system imaged to an external drive, boot from CD ...
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Ideal location for pagefile for workstation?
I have a workstation with 16GB of RAM, an 80GB boot SSD, and a software 4x 80GB array for scratch, running Windows 7 64-bit professional. The SSD is slower in sustained throughput than the array ...
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Is it possible to create a software Raid 1 with different sector sizes?
For some reason I decided to spontaneously buy a new hard drive that is not of the same model of the main drive and so I mirrored it. Unfortunately the following error message came up in the Windows 7 ...
