Questions tagged [hardware-raid]
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How to enable HBA in HPE Proliant ML370 G5
I have an HPE Proliant ML370 G5 and want to install Proxmox on it using ZFS but apparently you can only do that if you don't use the RAID controller and instead enable HBA. How can I do that? There's ...
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How do you decode SAS "Sense" or "CDB" data reported by an HBA or RAID controller?
My Broadcom-based RAID adapter (Cisco UCSC-RAID-M5HD) reported the following "Unexpected sense" error:
Unexpected sense: PD #012 = Port 0 - 7:1:9No addtional sense information, CDB ...
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Bad performance with HP P840 and P440ar and consumer SSD in Raid 10 or consumer HDD in Raid 5
i know that my setup isn't supported officially by this kind of hardware, but still i am really astonished how bad it behaves.
i am running a ML350 Gen9 with 128GB of RAM, dual Xeon E5-2630 V3 on ...
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Win11 21H2->22H2 - Areca RAID card stops working
I am currently running Windows 11 21H2 and everything works the way I want it. However, when I try to upgrade to version 22H2, the upgrade itself works fine, but after that, my Areca RAID card (ARC-...
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How to bypass error 0xC0000225 when installing Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
When booting from a Windows Server install DVD or flash drive made with Rufus selecting MBR, I see error 0xC0000225 before being able to select the locale and keyboard type.
My BIOS is not capable of ...
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Ssd usage shows 100 percent for 0.1 Mb/s
I have searched this question a lot but all were saying, need to upgrade to ssd. But I have m.2 ssd and I have that problem, I also have two hdd connected to sata, primary os is in ssd. 100 disk ...
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While using RAID 1 do all drives show up as one?
If no, how do people run synology in RAID 1 and it only shows 1 bigger drive. I'm a bit new to this.
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SAS RAID controller or SATA for typical Windows 10 installation?
I purchased an HP Z620 recently. It came with one Xeon CPU, 32GB of RAM, and an LSI SAS 9212-4i controller. I'm planning to install Windows 10 on a typical SSD drive (non-NVMe).
This machine has 6 ...
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P420 Hewlett Packard RAID controller reporting identical physicaldrive in all HDD disks
Followed this article to install HP Smart Storage Utilities on Linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
https://www.jimmdenton.com/hp-raid-tools-ubuntu/
I have an UNYKAch Server Rack Hot Swap 4U 24 Bay. I am using a ...
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RAID 5 - replacing failed disks with larger disks
I have a RAID 5 array with 12 disks, each 12 TB. It is controlled by a hardware RAID controller (LSI 9380-4i4e) on Windows Server 2012.
As they eventually fail one by one, if I replace the failed 12 ...
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Is there a way to install Windows onto Dynamic disks?
I like using the Dynamic disks with striping in Windows and was wondering if I could install from a Windows ISO onto a set of striped dynamic disks.
So far in my testing, that's not possible. I get ...
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Linux server beeping during operation
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 headless server with Cockpit as a management tool, it's been running fine for a few months since I built it until yesterday when I came home to find it beeping. Two short beeps ...
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¿Does a RAID array persist through multiple OS installations?
As title said; i'd like to know if a Windows-made software RAID array will persist a new installation, if I could read that RAID with another Windows partition or installation and if other OS could ...
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Is Intel ESRT2 Software-RAID?
I have 2 options for configuring RAID at the UEFI level. Intel ESRT 2 and Intel VROC which is the successor to Intel RST (rapid start).
I know Intel RST and thus VROC (which is present on non server ...
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If I have a RAID 1, is it better to have 2 partitions or 2 logical drives?
I have the need to create 2 drives on a single RAID 1 (1 + 1 TB) configuration under Windows Server. I can create partitions using Windows Disk Management, or I can create logical drives using the ...
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Broken & Offline RAID10 - Array How to Add Drives Back (AMD RaidXpert)
I have a RAID10 array using 4 drives on an AMD Chipset controller (890FX). I had to unplug my drives to replace a failed water pump and when I booted up realised I hadn't plugged one drive in properly....
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Multiple RAID volume on the same external HDD enclosure
I was thinking of getting a 5-bay external HDD enclosure with a RAID controller:
http://www.orico.cc/us/product/detail/3623.html
http://www.orico.cc/us/product/detail/6774.html
Both of these models (...
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Rebuild Intel Rapid Storage RAID 10
I recently moved and decided to transport my hard drives separately from the rest of my computer (to avoid hard drive vibration damage).
Unfortunately, I forgot the order the drives were in and now ...
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Windows 10 - RAID5 - Intel RAID or Storage Spaces?
Which method should I use to RAID5 my 3 drives?
At the moment I started out with Intel's RAID but it seems super slow. Steam can barely download with 10M/s speeds and the array sometimes have ...
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Can't install RAID controller drivers
I recently had a Megaraid SAS controller die on me that had a Raid 1 and a Raid 60 setup on it.
I have the new Megaraid SAS controller installed and my RAID array imported, but obviously Windows ...
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RAID card not detected
I recently picked up an ASUS P8B-E/4L motherboard to replace a S3210SH (8GB RAM limit). My brother donated an old LSI SAS3444e(1068e) RAID controller which is meant to drive the 6SAS 2TB HDD in my ...
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HDDs don’t work properly with Dell 6/IR Raid Controller
I maintain a Dell PowerEdge T410 (running Windows Server 2019 Essentials) with a SAS 6/IR RAID controller configured with a RAID1 of two Seagate Exos E 7E2 1TB (link to exact specs here) HDDs, which ...
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Failed GPU passthrough using Unraid 6.6.6
A while ago, I have build a new Ryzen setup. I am currently experimenting with Unraid 6.6.6 and trying to setup my daily Ubuntu VM with a passed through GTX 1060 from Inno3D. Unfortunately, I get ...
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Dell PERC H810 - Import foreign config with 2 drivers with SMART errors and 1 total fail?
We have a 12 drive, 40 TB storage bay that all of a sudden encountered multiple drive failures On RAID 5. One drive we have replaced outright, while another two have SMART errors.
When the drives ...
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What is the lethality of a SMART error?
We have a 40 TB storage server in RAID 5, with twelve 2 TB drives. One drive is acting as a hotspare, and it's being managed with a hardware RAID controller.
For some forsaken reason, three drives ...
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Setup and configuration of Intel RST on Asus motherboard
On boot there is no Intel RST screen that allows me to press Ctrl+i.
However, the SATA mode has been set to Intel RST and ROM Messages are enabled.
The Intel RST drivers are installed and Windows 10 ...
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How to use LSI SAS3041E RAID card?
I have a LSI SAS3041E RAID card which I am attempting to use with an Asrock Fatality Gaming K6. When I turn the computer on, I am not given any option to enter the card's BIOS area and nor does ...
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RAID Hard drive partition lost - Any way to recover?
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So I have a hardware RAID controller that does a RAID 10 with 4 drives. Recently one of the drives failed so I got a new drive and replaced the failed one. I let the controller rebuild the ...
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Why can't a RAID controller mimic a drive controllers actions on a URE?
There is a fact: a URE renders an entire member of a RAID array as bad, but a URE DOES NOT render an entire drive as bad outside of an array. What is the technical difference that causes this? They ...
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What is the ERC handling state for RAID SSD?
I am looking at implementing SSD based hardware RAID and have been unable to find anything about how it behaves in a situation where the data isn't readable from the queried device.
Spinning metal ...
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ESXI Hardware RAID Solution
I'm re-purposing a machine to run ESXI and made a rookie error in that I did not properly understand the hardware requirements. The machine will run a range of linux distros which will then runner ...
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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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Unable to configure drives on Intel S500VSA server board.
I am installing two 2TB SATA drives on an Intel S500VSA server board. I want to configure a RAID 1 array. When I log into the RAID configuration panel with Ctrl-E I find that the two drives are ...
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Intel desktop board `warning:have option ROM can not be invoke`
I had an old computer on which I am going to install lubuntu or any lightweight Linux distribution.It was packed in box for at least 2 or 3 years and it is approximately 11 years of old.It has Intel ...
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Can the Dell H730 Raid Adapter be used in none Dell boards?
I notice that HP, Dell raid cards being sold separately, can these cards be used in boards other than HP and DELL?
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Format one virtual disk in a RAID array?
In my machine I have two virtual disks handled by my RAID controller. They're mapped on Windows Server as my C: drive and my D: drive. I wish to wipe and reinstall a new version of windows server on C:...
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PCI RAID controller compatibility [closed]
Recently I've been thinking of buying a cheap RAID controller. I'm not experienced at all, and just want to mess around; nothing business affiliated, no specific expectations.
The controllers I've ...
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How does an IBM ServeRAID controller know which drive to recover during a RAID1 rebuild? [duplicate]
I have an old IBM x3550 7978 server at work, which has a ServeRAID 8k-l RAID controller. I setup RAID 1 on it, and it seems to work great, but before I run any production OS on it, I want to know how ...
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RAID 1 using Dell PERC H330, with no cache and no battery
We recently leased a dedicated server and found out that the server (Dell PowerEdge R230) has a Dell PERC H330 RAID controller. As we searched Dell's website, we found out that this controller does ...
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AMD Raid (RaidXpert) and expanding RAID 1 logical drives
Here's the setup. I've got an old machine with basic RAID 1 arrays.
Basically, 4 physical drives were used to create 2 logical drivers in RAID 1, each filled to the brim. Also, the machine is running ...
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SSD hard drives on IBM x3550 ServeRAID 8k
I have 4 SSD drives in an IBM x3550 using the installed ServeRAID 8k card in a RAID 10 setup. I"m not having any issues, but reading the ServeRAID may not support SSD and if I should stick with it or ...
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High Active Time and drop write speed after few seconds on RAID volume
I'm using RAID drive with Intel RS2BL040 on Windows-7-Pro-64x
The problem is, When I try to write to RAID drive,
The write speed is fall after few(about 6~7) seconds.
In case of reading, It's almost ...
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Are OS drivers needed for True Hardware RAID?
Do you need to install drivers for a True Hardware Raid controller? What are the indicators of a True Hardware RAID Controller?
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Can you move a RAID from a dedicated controller to on-board motherboard raid?
So currently I have a very old raid card that I have 4 drives attached to because at the time my Mobo did not have enough sata ports. Now much later I have a new motherboard and the raid controller ...
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Microserver + P420 RAID Controller
I just bought a MicroServer Gen8 for home laboratory with 4 x 3TB WD Red + 2 x 8GB ECC RAM + the ILO advanced license key.
My problem is that I can't make the P420 raid controller work with it.
I ...
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RAID5 with on-board controller, is it possible to move the HDDs to a new server?
I am wondering how safe a hardware RAID configuration can be.
In case of a HDD failure, I just need to replace the damaged hard drive. What if the server motherboard crashes? Is it possible to get ...
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Adaptec 1220SA RAID 1 degraded - should I try to rebuild?
I've got an old Windows 8.1 PC with an old RAID 1 array and a very low-end Adaptec 1220SA RAID controller. Adaptec Storage Manager (screenshot #1 below) shows one drive failed, the other OK. There's ...
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Why I don't see any messages of megaRAID initialization?
I have existing win10 system installed on SSD drive. I've got a MegaRAID card and want to add a RAID5 storage to my system.
My motherboard is asrock z68 extreme3 gen3. I've installed the card into ...
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Why does Dell PowerEdge T330 force hardware RAID for 8 drive configuration?
I'm considering the Dell PowerEdge T330 server tower to run CentOS Linux. The chassis configurations that can be ordered are either 4 3.5" hard drive slots or 8. We need to run a software RAID (that's ...
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