Questions tagged [raid-1]
RAID 1 is the official name for mirrored disks or volumes
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How do I know if one of my RAID 1 drives died?
Lets say I have a few HDDs in a RAID 1 array. From where will I know that one of my HDDs is dead? Is there some kind of automatic alert system or do I have to check it manually? If I have to check it ...
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What is the best way to create RAID 1?
I'm looking for a way to create the RAID 1 array without losing my data on CentOS. Here's my situation: I've got a web server running on CentOS. There is one VG partition with few LV volumes. I bought ...
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Single-bit error on RAID device?
For the first time since I've owned a PC (30 years) I have experienced an undetected, uncorrected single-bit disk error. In a RAID array. The sequence of events was
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P8P67LE Motherboard - SATA MODE RAID; Create RAID 1
As it seems my ASUS P8P67LE motherboard has built-in RAID capability.
My OS is previously installed in normal mode and in BIOS setting SATA MODE is set to AHCI (Advance host controller interface)
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RAID 1 scalability [closed]
Assuming I'm in a home environment and I want to keep my data secure, how would I build an expandable custom NAS? I can't afford a real SATA/SAS controller.
I'm thinking of a scalable array of RAID 1 ...
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Usability of solid state drives after long term storage without without power
So, I was recently hired on to a company that has shipped out several 24/7 always on servers with solid state drives. I understand that SSD longevity has been improved upon, however to my knowledge ...
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Multiple disk controller cards and RAID1
I'm creating a btrfs RAID1 array, and I have two SATA3 controllers - one on the motherboard and another in a PCIe slot. For simplicty's sake, let's say I only have two drivers, sda and sdb. Would I ...
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RAID array failure. False positive?
Background:
I have 3 storage units in my PC:
an SSD that contains my operating systems
a 1TB hard-drive that is about 5 - 6 years old
a 1TB hard-drive that is only a few months old
The 2 big ...
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Best RAID Solution for dual boot?
I've seen this topic talked about before on this site but with other users using 2 drives for the active partition (booting from the same HDD thats got RAID) however my situation is a bit different.
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Data loss warning rebuilding RAID1 logical drive
I have a Windows 7 Pro server running RAID1 and from the log, it appears that it 'lost' a drive for a few seconds and now thinks that the RAID1 has failed.
I assume it needs rebuilding, which I ...
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Server has Crashed, How to Recover My Data from Raid-1 Configured HDDs?
I was using HP ProLiant ML150 G6 with Windows Server 2008 as File Server. Server is configured with 4x250 GB RAID-1. All of a sudden electricity fluctuates and the server got crashed. Now it turns on, ...
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Does windows 7 disk manager mirror disk or partitions?
My servers Raid 1 disappeared when I did a bios update, And now in order to get it back I have to format my 2 * 3tb hard drives. Which isnt really a solution for me.
So I have desiced to try and make ...
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Is it possible to build RAID0 or RAID1 using 2 disk when one disk is not cleen?
I'm using win 7.Is it possible to build RAID0 or RAID1 using 2 disk when one is not cleen?
I have 2 same hdd disks, one of them cleen and one with data.
I want to build RAID0 or RAID1 (on the fly) ...
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RAID 1 without cache protection - ZMCP/backup battery
I'm running RAID 1 on an Adaptec 6405. I'm trying to decide if I need to install the ZMCP on the card to provide Cache protection. Adaptec's ZMCP is the equivalent of a BBU - battery backup for the ...
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Understanding /proc/mdstat [U_] VS [_U]
My server is set up with raid1. A few nights ago sda fell out completely and data was corrupted. I replaced the drive, cloned the partition table and added the respective arrays. While adding sda3 (...
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How do I recover data from only a single drive in RAID 1 setup on Synology DS214+ NAS?
I'm doing this so I know how to recover my data in case the NAS itself dies out and I'm only left with just a single drive from the 2nd bay (or from the 1st bay).
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Synology DS214+ NAS
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btrfs does not show drive as missing
I am trying out btrfs and I noticed some funny behaviour:
I have two drives in a raid 1 configuration.
sudo btrfs fi show
Label: none uuid: 52b9c6f6-ce5c-4727-861e-e2fd012e475f
Total devices 2 ...
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Is Btrfs vulnerable to RAID write hole effect?
If not, does it mean that Btrfs in RAID mode is fully resistant to power failure?
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RAID1 drive failed; partition missing after reboot
I think I shot myself in the foot here, but let me quickly divulge what's happened:
Intel Matrix Storage Manager started reporting that one of the two disks I had in a RAID1 array configuration had ...
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How to create a software RAID-1 array on Windows 7 not spanning whole disks
I have a brand new PC dual booting out of a single SSD drive (win7+debian).
I added a couple of 2T hd I want to use from both Win & Linux.
My target is to have two separate RAID-1 arrays on four ...
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How to limit bandwidth (file sync) to a specific windows file share (smb - raid1 backup device)?
So I decided that I needed a Raid1 backup device for the home.
Mostly to backup documents and media.
There will be about 3-4 Windows systems in the household that would sync files to this device.
I ...
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re-add to RAID1 is not possible
On Kubuntu 13.10 I have two hdd:
sdb 1TB with two partitions - one in RAID1 and second is simple. Second hdd sda 500GB is whole in RAID1.
Once I unpluged second hdd, put there some other hdd instead,...
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Repair partition table for disks in a RAID1 array
Here's my problem. I have several arrays. RAID1. I've scanned each drive that's part of an array with gdisk and it reports problems.
One array (2 drives) has a damaged GPT partition table and a ...
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What are the risks of running a software RAID 1 array in degraded mode?
I'm replacing my workstation's system drive and would like to in the future be able to easily add a second drive to form a proper (although software) RAID 1 mirror. For the time being, however, I'm ...
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Super slow SSD write speeds with RAID 1
I have a very new computer system, configured in RAID 1, but was surprised that the write speeds were extremely slow!
Here is a snapshot of my computer setup:
Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS ...
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Intel RST accidentally selected wrong drive as system drive -- how to fix?
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If Intel RST has marked a drive other than my RAID set as the system drive, how can I get it so that the RAID set is now seen as the system drive, and catch it up to my drive now?
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Debian/3ware 9500 - RAID Failure?
I swapped the hard disks from my home server into a new case last night (new mobo/CPU/RAM) and transferred its 3ware 9500 PCI-X SATA RAID card with it. The machine has 4 disks configured in 2 RAID1s - ...
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Have two partitions in RAID1
The answers are unclear wherever I look. I have two 2TB drives for a RAID1 and I want to mirror them while having two partitions on the drives. One partition will be 100GB and contain programs, the ...
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Is linux LVM a good choice for 2 disks ? [closed]
I am installing ubuntu server 13.04 on a machine.
I have 2 devices (hard disks) on it:
2 x 500GB on RAID 1
1 x 1TB
I was thinking about setup LVM, but I have no idea about how it works or if it's ...
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RAID1 w/Intel RST -- can I replace failed drive with bigger drive?
The Setup
I have 2 x 1TB drives in a RAID1 configuration.
One of the hard drives has failed and so my RAID situation is degraded.
All data is backed up via Backblaze as well so I'm not worried about ...
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RAID-1 causes far more noise than non-RAID?
After moving two 2 WD 1TB Black drives to a hardware RAID-1 system on my GA-Z87X-UD3H Gigabyte motherboard they started making a lot of noise and rattle.
I've tested both of them separately in a non-...
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How to undo accidental RAID initalization operation (recover data)? [duplicate]
Summary of the problem:
I have two disks re-configured as RAID 1. instead of copying the data to the empty disk, it deleted the data from the non-empty disk.
Here's what happened:
1. In the last ...
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How to undo accidental RAID initalization operation (recover data)? [duplicate]
Summary of the problem:
I have two disks re-configured as RAID 1. instead of copying the data to the empty disk, it deleted the data from the non-empty disk.
Here's what happened:
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Installing Fedora 19: only shows one SSD of two
I'm trying to install Fedora 19 on two SSDs (Software RAID 1 if possible). These SSDs were used in another computer before. I deleted the MBR record and the partition table with dd if=/dev/zero of=/...
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Running multiple RAID-1 arrays on the same server
Is it possible to run multiple RAID-1's on the same machine?
I have the following Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182251
Would I need to get RAID cards?
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Can a secondary SATA drive under Win 7 Pro software RAID 1 mirror be boot-able with no hassle?
Using Windows 7 Professional software RAID 1 (Mirror) of two identical SATA drives is it possible in the event the primary drive fails that the system may boot off the secondary drive without doing ...
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D-Link DNS-320 Degraded RAID-1 will not rebuild...? any suggestions?
I'm not sure what caused it but it just keeps looping the rebuild process.
Gets to 100% of re-syncing and then starts at 0% again...
Just interested in a solution but not finding anything with D-Link....
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md0 RAID1 can't read superblock
i have a problem with my md0 array, which is an raid1 (2 mirrored USB-Sticks)
Mount gives "Can't read superblock"
cat /proc/mdstat:
Personalities :
unused devices: <none>
fdisk -l
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Can't format hard drives under RAID-1
I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45 extreme, which contains a "Intel Matrix RAID controller".
On lspci outputs as:
RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA Controller [RAID mode]
I bought two equal ...
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Replacing a disk in RAID1 on a mac 10.8 system
What is the proper and safest way for replacing one of the disks in a RAID 1 array (mirrored) on mountain lion?
Both disks are currently OK but one of those drives is much older than the other. ...
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Is `dmsetup remove` safe with respect to contained data?
I have a "lost" SW RAID array as described in this question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/311024/raid1-array-lost-after-upgrade-from-ubuntu-11-10-to-13-04. I have now identified a way to mount one ...
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Upon reboot, Linux software raid fails to include one device of a RAID1 array
One of my four Linux software raid arrays drops one of its two devices when I reboot my system. The other three arrays work fine. I am running RAID1 on kernel version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian Squeeze). ...
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How to image a degraded RAID array
On boot in Windows 2003 I have a message "Raid Array Degraded". When I use F10 to go into the RAID utility I see this screen :
After passing through that screen the machine got stuck on reboot so I ...
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How can I delete soft/motherboard RAID 1 from a different computer?
I have a drive. It was part of a RAID 1 mirror on a motherboard-based raid controller (nVidia controller on an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe), which, if I understand correctly, is considered to be "soft" raid, ...
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How do I safely move a Windows 7 software RAID 1 volume to a new PC?
I have 2 identical drives in an old PC running as a mirror RAID (RAID1) using the Windows 7 software RAID. These drives are data-only drives and are not being used to boot an operating system.
How do ...
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check physical contents of hard disk connected in software Raid 1 / Windows 7
I have two 500GB hard disks configured in raid 1 (mirroring) on Windows 7. It is being labelled as 'Healthy' in Windows. As you know, these are accessed as one partition of 500GB.
Is there any tool ...
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RAID 1 with ThinkPad T530
A friend of mine has a T530 (I think he bought it last year) and I checked the spec it seems to support RAID 1 (mirroring). He currently has one hard disk running and is considering RAID 1 and is also ...
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Adjusting mdadm priority on Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running on my new server, and it is setup to run off of one drive, then 2 drives that are mirrored using mdadm. When streaming files or media from it, it is extremely slow. I was ...
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Intel Matrix Storage / Raid 1 / Asus P5Q-Pro
I have configured two 1TB Western Digital Green Hard drive into Raid 1 Array via my motherboard BIOS last month.
Everything works fine and all data are copied to array and system works properly.
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Why is Ubuntu 12.10 listing three disks in my RAID 1?
For the same computer that I tried fixing Windows XP on, though the installation was successful, it kept blue screening so I've decided to switch to Ubuntu.
The problem is that Ubuntu is also having ...