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Redundant Array of Independent Drives or Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives also known as RAID is a way to create a sub-storage system comprising several individual discs. RAID-0(also know as striping) is the level of RAID technique used to improve read performance. Over this configuration the data are subdivided into consecutive segments (stripes, or bands) that are written sequentially through each of the disks of an array or set.

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What makes e2fsck -cc so slow?

This isn't a complaint or a request for tech support or help! I'm just curious about what's going on behind the scenes :) I'm doing e2fsck -cc to flag bad blocks on an 8TB LVM ext4 filesystem. ...
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Repairing Windows installation that can't boot

Background: I have an Asus UX51VZ that will no longer boot into Windows. This was my dad's primary computer. I took it to a computer shop so they could fix the fans that came on at full speed all the ...
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Mounting RAID0 system with an Intel Controller with Linux

I have two 512GB SSDs setup as a RAID0 on a laptop with a Intel RAID controller. I was running Window 7 Pro on it until I messed up the MBR in the RAID by installing Window 10 and Linux Mint on a ...
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Defragmenting partitions with Raid 0

In my current disk configuration it is 2+2 TB Raid 0. Since this 4TB of space was almost full, I installed two more disks in Raid 0. (2+2 TB) I have 8 TB of volume space in total. But in Ubuntu, the ...
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Expand or shrink striped array in Windows?

I plan to replace 2 of my HDDs (let's call them A & B, they're not in RAID) with 2 larger HDDs (C & D) in software RAID 0 (Striped volume in Windows). The one problem I have is that my case ...
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Can RAID 0 cause significantly more writes on one drive?

I use a Windows 10 laptop with two 1-TB SSDs mounted with RAID 0. I see in CrystalDiskInfo: SSD 1 SSD 2 Total Host Reads 8193 GB 8193 GB Total Host Writes 5295 GB 5383 GB Total Host Reads is the ...
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Asus Motherboard don't have Raid settings

i have asus h310 prime plus in detail in asus site this have Intel® H310 https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/PRIME/PRIME-H310-PLUS/techspec/ and intel h310 support rapid storage ...
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Remove a disk from RAID 1 array or convert from RAID1 to RAID0

I've a dedicated server running a RAID1 array of 2 disks of 1TB. I can't install a new operating system but I can only bootstrap a new one with the predefined configuration. I really don't need the ...
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RAID0 SSD array write speed and multithreading

I have a RAID0 array of 20 SSD disks and each SSD has a max write speed of 530 MB/s. The PCIexpress controller is 8x. The array is mapped to a virtual disk (D) formatted with NTFS in Windows 10 I was ...
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Removal of Raid 0 configuration to two NVMe SDDs

I have just purchased a laptop that is still in its box and does not have Windows installed yet (I'll use the laptop for 3D modelling and cannot afford data loss). The laptop comes with 2x 500 GBs ...
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mix SATA 3 and SATA 2 HDD in RAID 0

I have MegaRAID 6Gb/s RAID controller (LSI 9261-8i). Now I have an RAID 0 array that consists from 4 reliable enterprise server HDDs (WD Re) that support SATA 3. I need to extend this array (to ...
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How to Partition a Single HDD With Hardware RAID 0

I have one SSD and one 10TB HDD. All the OS stuffs (e.g. /, /root, /var, /usr, etc) are on the SSD. And for a very dumb reason, I have to attach the 10TB to a RAID card (LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i). ...
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Replace a Raid 0 Disk (Software Raid/Windows)

I would like to know if it is possible, to replace a Disk in a Windows Software Raid 0. (e.g. clone the disk to another one inside the OS) I have seen another post where this question was asked, but ...
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AMD Raid and Dual Boot

I've just upgraded my PC with a new Ryzen processor and a B550M Motherboard. I use this computer for both gaming (in a Windows-dedicated SSD) and working (in another Linux-dedicated SSD). I also have ...
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What are the pros/cons of SSD vs RAID 0 in the alienware laptops? [closed]

I'm considering purchasing a new Alienware laptop for my software development and testing work. I'm looking at the M15 R3. I'm hung up on the hard drive choices. The Dell config page give 2 choices: ...
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Can a single drive RAID 0 be converted to a standard drive?

A while back I set up a single drive in RAID 0 on a RAID card. I now want to switch my card to HBA mode. Will my RAID 0 drive read as a standard drive or will the data be lost?
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Replacing CMOS battery affect to the RAID controller?

Recently I replaced my graphic card and the BIOS does post with FF status code but in the step of Verify DMI Pool Data hangs. I'm thinking remove de CMOS battery for reset de board but I have a RAID 0 ...
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How to clone a single SSD to a 2 SSD RAID0?

This is the opposite to this: How do I clone a RAID 0 array to a single disk? I have a single SSD of 128GB, and I want to move it to 2x240GB SSD in RAID0. The reason: My windows is installed in ...
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Mobo dead, how to access striped volume externally from laptop?

I have a dead PC with 2 data drives that are windows striped (not hardware raid-0). If I buy a usb raid enclosure, do you think windows will recognize them as a dynamic disc? If not, is there a way to ...
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Remove RAID-0 from two NVME drives to dual boot win10 and Ubuntu

I currently have two Samsung EVO ~500GB NVMe drives running Windows 10 in RAID-0. I would like to remove the RAID-0 configuration and use one of the disks for Ubuntu 18.04 while the other disk remains ...
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Raid Controller doesn't work after installing

This controller actually caused multiple problems. First, the AMI-Bios had a constant beep, where the internet says it's a power adapter problem. After some time, the Bios worked and didn't beep ...
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Why Raid 1 don't improve read performance like Raid 0?

It should be able to read the data across the 2 disks like with Raid 0 right? but when I look at benchmark it looks like only one drive is used to read the data. https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index....
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Restore RAID 0 with one member disk having been written to

Due to a bad overclock I had to reset my CMOS. This caused my RAID 0 to show up as "failed". One disk was detected as member the other detected as "Non raid disk". I have no reason to believe that the ...
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Is there a RAID 0 Equivalent for RAM?

With hard drives, you can put them in a RAID 0 configuration to split data between drives to increase read and write speed. Is there an equivalent of this for RAM? If I have 16 GB of memory, for ...
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Backup raid 0 to multiple smaller drives

I have 4 4TB external USB drives in a raid 0 set (created with btrfs). I have another 4 4TB external USB drives not in a raid set. What would be the best solution to backup the raid set to the 4 ...
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How to create raid1 mirror for existing mdadm raid0 - without overwriting data

I created a /dev/md1 raid0 across two drives, added ext4 filesystem, and it's mountable and working fine. I created a /dev/md2 raid0 across two drives, added ext4 filesystem, and it's also mountable ...
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Combining SSDs using RAID-0

If I have 2 SSDs via SATA3, both reaching speeds of about 500MB/s, which is close to SATA3 limit, does it make sense to combine them using RAID0? I mean if the SATA3 chip can provide the 6Gb/s speed ...
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Fake RAID 0 - Data recovery under Linux - 2 HDDs with Windows 10

I suspect someone at the company decided to do a partition span, i.e.: (taken a look from Linux Debian 9) Drive #1: Disk /dev/sdc: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units: sectors of ...
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Does setting RAID disks require all disks to be in RAID?

I am interested in running a PC this way, 1 C: main OS drive and 2 2TB +2TB in RAID 0 Windows is already installed and I wanted to add the disks later. Do I have to reformat C: to RAID to be able to ...
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Setup RAID 0 for an Asus Zenbook UX301i

I've been asked to format and install Linux on the laptop, which has two 128gb SSDs. ASUS suggest RAID 0 is fast, so I want to setup the laptop, as is, but with Linux Mint installed. https://www.asus....
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Do 7200rpm & large cache HDD make a noticeable difference in a RAID 0 for 4k video editing?

For large file 4k video editing, is a 7200rpm drive worth it in a RAID 0? 2x4TB drives (possibly 2x6TB) RAID 0 in a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure 7200rpm or 5400rpm? Drawbacks being cost, heat, noise, ...
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Does RAID 0 increase the latency of the volume on HDD? [duplicate]

I will add a new HDD to my computer (identical to the old HDD). I'm wondering if it's a good idea to do a raid 0 vs using the two drive separately. How much it impact the latency and the performance....
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Raid 0 life expectancy and how to access 2 disks from Raid 0 outside of original computer

Two questions about Raid 0: My situation: My motherboard with RAID controller got sent in for an RMA (3 weeks turnaround). Asus sent me back a different motherboard that had way worse problems than my ...
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Recovering a Synology Raid 0 from Ubuntu (Healthy drives)

I am trying to remount a Synology raid 0 with 3x2GB drives. As far as I know, the drives are in healthy condition. I simply don't have enough space to do a full image of these before I proceed, so I ...
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What happens when you remove a drive from linux raid?

I have a home media server that gave me a message today saying one of the drives is soon to fail (not happy, still under warranty, that's another issue) I am running Mdadm raid 0 on a 3 drive system ...
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Server 2016 Storage Spaces and NumberOfColumns

I think we all know about the NumberOfColumns issues: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/tip_of_the_day/2015/03/17/tip-of-the-day-numberofcolumns/ That said, let's pretend to plan the following (at ...
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Disconnected Raid 0 drives now cannot see drives

I stupidly disconnected a RAID 0 drive while checking the information on the HDD (while it was turned on) and was not able view the drive again in disk manager. I then disconnected all the 4 drives on ...
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Mount existing 2-HDD RAID 0 on a new machine

Last week, my graphics controllers burnt (after 7 years of loyal service), well, my laptop (Clevo x7200) is now out of usage. On this laptop I have two disks mounted on a RAID 0. Disks are OK and ...
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Is there a way to determine what RAID-type I am using?

I've recently set up RAID 0 with two disks. I've done that via my Asus Prime X370 Pro's UEFI. Today I stumbled upon the terms "Software RAID", "Hardware RAID" and "Fake RAID". Most of the sources ...
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Restoring raid 0

I have a Velocity Duo (PCI raid card) with two Samsung 850 drives (500gb ea) in a RAID 0 setup in my Mac Pro. The raid controller seemed to get scrambled and the drive is no longer accessible - Mac ...
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Problems installing windows 10 on Asus ROG G752VS OC edition with m.2 RAID0 boot

I'm having trouble installing windows 10 on my Asus ROG G752VS OC edition laptop with two 512gb WD black PCIe NVMe drives installed and configured in raid0. I installed the drives and went into the ...
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Recovering data from a dismantled raid 0

I have a QNAP ts-212 2 bay enclosure, until recently it housed two 3TB drives in a RAID 0. I have just swapped the drives to two 5TB drives in RAID 0, my backups appear to be missing a couple of ...
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How does the mdadm Chunk parameter translate to SNIA definitions?

The manpage for mdadm describes a -c, --chunk= parameter, quoted below, that seems to relate to the RAID 0 stripe size. However, the SNIA definition of the parameters for RAID 0 is not a single value,...
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Ubuntu ldmtool not showing windows RAID-0 drive

this used to work for me, but I've re-installed Ubuntu and now am not getting anywhere. I have a dual-boot windows/Ubuntu machine. From windows I can see my RAID-0 drive, but when I use "sudo ldmtool ...
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Mint 18.1 xfce RAID 0 install - error installing grub after chroot

I have a MacBook 7,1 and I am attempting to configure 2 ssd's in RAID 0, with a fresh install of (64)Mint 18.1 xfce on top. I used this tutorial -> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&...
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When a RAID0 fails, can you still see all the file/folder names?

When a RAID0 fails, can you still see all the file/folder names? I'm considering making a RAID0 NAS but am unsure how failure occurs. It's not the data I am concerned about losing but the reference ...
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How to assess a RAID0 error?

I read the following post and I am having an issue with my laptop (Acer Aspire S7-392). The drive set up was RAID0. I have little experience in RAID setup, but here is the screen I encounter once ...
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Remove Raid-0 and reinstall windows 10

I have recently bought this laptop: Here. Unfortunately, it comes with two 256 GB SSD's in Raid 0. I do not want this, so I will break the raid configuration. HOWEVER, because Windows is installed ...
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Creating a RAID 0 on C drive

The 250Gb SSD I am currently using on my C drive is starting to be full. I am considering buying a second one and make a RAID 0 to expand capacity (performance gain is just a bonus for me). Is it ...
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AMD SP5100 Raid 0 rebuild

I was using an onboard AMD SP5100 raid controller for a Raid 0 on two 1TB drives. The motherboard has failed. I have two questions - firstly if I replace with an identical motherboard, will I be able ...
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