Questions tagged [raid-1]
RAID 1 is the official name for mirrored disks or volumes
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Best way to use Windows' RAID 1 to have an hot backup
I'm looking for a way to direct Win10 Pro RAID system to direct the reads to the fast drive in the mirror
I'm on Windows 10 PRO and have regular (but not too frequent) backups of my system.
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Can I setup LVM raid1 to mirror one physical disk onto another?
I have two HDDs, I'm planning on only using one (with NixOS) and the other one should be a mirrored backup, I've had many problems trying to set up a RAID 1 with NixOS and the only documentation I can ...
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Can I recover a BTRFS RAID disk that was partly overwritten?
I've had a BTRFS RAID set consisting of three (dissimilar) disks for some time now, and it's worked fine.
Unfortunately, due to an unwise experiment on my part, a rogue Windows 7 install dvd added a ...
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Setting up Raid 1 with multiple partitions
I am Setting up two (2) new identical hard drives (14TB each), in a OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual external case, using RAID 1. Going to be creating 6 partitions. My question is:
Do I partition the first ...
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Takeown extremely slow on external HW RAID1 drive
I moved a cheap external two drive RAID1 USB3 enclosure from my old PC to my new one. The file ownership was all wrong so I have been trying to take ownership of all the files. I was trying do do it ...
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Can't find partitions
I have a server with two hard disk - in rescue mode because one of the disk failed and had to be replaced -.
I had to hire a data recovery service, few days later they told me that it was ready, but ...
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How to recover data from faulty NAS (2 HDD in RAID 1)
my NAS drive (2 HDD in RAID 1) stopped working and I need to recover the data.
I assume that 1 out of 2 HDD drives from the NAS has failed and the data can be recovered using the other working drive, ...
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How to repair RAID 1 on Ubuntu 22.04
Here is the output of lsblk:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 29.8G 0 part
│ └─md0 9:0 0 29.8G 0 raid1 [SWAP]
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Clone RAID 1 array to single HDD - Linux (OpenSuse)
I have a server with a hardware made RAID 1 array (Adaptec board). The array is composed of 2 SSD and the OS id OpenSuse Linux.
I want to clone the array on a single SSD and make it bootable.
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Where can I see Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU logs on Windows Server 2019 and check if there is any error on any Raid 1 disks?
I have the below system and i noticed that it is repairing the raid right now.
I want to be sure that there is no bad sectors on any of the raid disk but I don't know how can I do that
Here all the ...
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Why does Windows not use the entire pool when creating a mirrored storage space?
I'm having a problem with setting up a RAID1 mirror using Storage Spaces where the default size smaller than the maximum available space. This pool is single mirror of two drives; I want to use all ...
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How to deal with LVM RAID mismatches – are there benign causes?
I employ LVM with raid1 volumes both at home and at work. One of the disks in my home server has been starting to report S.M.A.R.T. selftest read failures. Looking for ways to investigate the severity ...
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Failed raid1, how to add a new disk with mdadm?
I have a home raid1 with 2 disks and one of them just failed (lightning strike on the house). I'm really unfamiliar with mdadm so I'm asking before doing anything stupid.
I can hot-plug a new HD on ...
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Create a bootable RAID 1 in Windows 10/11?
I have two NVME 2TB PCIe X 4 and I am using an AMD 5950X.
How do I create a RAID so that it’s bootable for a Windows 10/11 install?
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How to Replace failed HDD in HP ProLiant ML10 Gen 9 server which has Intel RST Raid-1 (Hardware Raid)
we have HP server HP ProLiant ML10 Gen 9 with Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. We have enabled Raid 1 for two HDD sized 2TB using Intel RST Raid configuration (which is an hardware raid).
Now one the Drive is ...
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Primary GPT table corrupt (RAID-1 and mounted as /home) stopping me reinstalling Linux
Env: Linux TRANQUILITY 5.3.18-150300.59.49-preempt #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 7 14:40:20 UTC 2022 (77d9d02) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Also OpenSuse Leap 15.3 with KDE Plasma 5
When I run the OS ...
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LUKS on top of BTRFS raid array
How can I encrypt a partition that's btrfs RAIDed?
Running encryption on top of RAID is the best practice among a lot of sources even recommended by cryptsetup FAQ (see 2.2). The reason I want this to ...
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Restore RAID1 configuration with 2 different HardDrives in CentOS-7
We have a server (HP ProLiant ML10 Gen 9) that came with Two Identical Hard disks. It was assumed that the server supports hardware RAID 1 (Mirror), and the CentOS-7 was installed in it. But later we ...
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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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Unable to add removed raid1 member back to linux software raid array
I have had a long-standing raid1 array with two member disks that was degraded when the power connector to one of the raid1 disks was accidentally disconnected while the system was powered off and ...
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MDADM RAID-1 removes two drives, showing no files on third
For a few weeks ago I noticed one of two drives had been removed from my MDADM RAID-1 array on Ubuntu 20.04. I then bought a third disk (in case something was really wrong). It was also a WD RED 1TB, ...
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Would a small Raid 1 setup suit the need of a home user?
First of all I have read a few discussions about how raid is not a backup option, but let's say I ONLY want to try to protect my Datas from hardware failure.
Currently, in my gaming pc, I have a 1 TB ...
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RAID1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel RRAID Storage Technology - RAIDfrom Bios
Here the screenshots I think they explains everything
The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB
I have installed Windows Server without RAID setup for ...
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Can I partition a RAID 1 drive to replicate data that is now on multiple drives?
I am getting this Western Digital RAID 1 array (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074R59TLB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
Currently I have data spread across three internal ...
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Rebuild RAID with Old HDD in Synology NAS
A HDD has been removed from a two bay Synology NAS (DS214j). The remaining HDD is working fine as remaining part of the degraded RAID 1.
Is it possible to re-add the once removed HDD in the NAS to fix ...
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Lenovo Legion 7i not booting after RAID 1 setup
I'm trying to get RAID 1 setup on a new Lenovo Legion 7i laptop using the RAID feature in the BIOS. After I create the RAID 1 volume using Intel Rapid Storage Technology, I add the two disks to the ...
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msi mag x570 tomahawk AMD Raid array gone after BIOS update
I went through and installed newest BIOS (7C84v15), chipset driver and other drivers form MSI website. Because I had problems with my system stability. Upon restarting my PC I noticed that one of my ...
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Convert new hard disk for mirror-ing on existing system
I am trying to make raid1 mirroring on new hard disk, disk1.
I deleted partition to make unallocated space, right click on C: -> mirror -> disk1 then I get message "All disks holding ...
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How to read data from a single RAID-1 Harddisk
I had a HP Gen8 Microserver with Windows 7 and two SATA harddisks in a RAID-1 combination.
Now this server is broken and I want to read data from one of the hard disks in a normal Windows 10 PC.
The ...
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How to get data from RAID1 with Windows PC?
Is it possible to recover RAID 1 data with a Windows PC?
My ZYXEL NAS326 died, but both 4TB hard drives are still good.
I found this question:
Recovering data from RAID1 drive
But it is for running on ...
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Why is converting from RAID1 to single in Btrfs an I/O-intensive operation?
I want to replace a device in a RAID1 and converted it temporarily to “single”:
btrfs balance start -f -mconvert=single,soft -dconvert=single,soft /
This takes very long. I don’t see why, and wonder ...
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How to repair a failed software RAID 1 (mirror) with Windows 10 pro?
I have configured a Dynamic Volume mirror (RAID 1) using two separate drives for data only using Windows 10.
At some point, the RAID ran out of sync and never stopped resyncing, so I tried to find a ...
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Recreate hardware RAID 1 out of fully-mirrored disks without data loss in software RAID 1
I have two identical hard disk drives with identical data. They were a former hardware RAID 1 on a MSI H97M-E35 mainboard with an Intel H81 Express chipset and were used as data drives (not as system ...
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Strange missing space on SATA RAID 1 disc in Windows 10
A have windows 10 pro installation(clean install) that was created around 10 month ago(mb ASUS Z87-DELUXE).
I didnt notice it in the beginning but the space of one of disc started to disapperaring. My ...
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How do I mirror the boot partition of a Windows 10 version 2004?
I have the following setup:
Two identical NVMe disks of about 1TB size
Windows 10 Education N version 2004 (latest version as of writing this question as far as I'm aware)
A fresh install using UEFI ...
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Beep while building RAID 1 array
I've built a NAS system using a supermicro superchassis. This chassis has Supermicro CSE-SAS-733TQ backplane supporting 4 hotswap bays.
Everything runs OK. I run a fresh debian 10 install. Now I tried ...
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Add a new disk as mirroring (raid 1) to existing disk
I have disk1 with Windows Server OS and all my applications and DB installed and configured. Can I now add a fresh disk (disk2) to this existing disk1 and make it as mirroring disk (raid1) using ...
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Creating a RAID 1 with 4TB hardrives in Windows 10
I have the following set up:
Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4
1 NVM Samsung 250GB (for OS)
2 identical 4TB Seagate HDH
and windows 10 pro
My intention is to mount the 2 4TB in a Raid 1 configuration.
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What would happen if a RAID 1 contained 2 different file versions?
Let's say a hardware RAID 1 controller with disks A and B was taken offline, and a file present on both disks was altered on disk B (all within an offline state). When the RAID controller is turned ...
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Can hardware RAID-1 be enabled on an existing Ubuntu 18.04 system?
I have an ASUS Ubuntu 18.04 system running on an M.2 drive as /dev/nvme1n1. I have added an identical M.2 drive and would like to enable hardware RAID-1 (motherboard supports it). The blank M.2 ...
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Is it possible to add aditional disks to LSI RAID1 array?
Just installed a LSI 9750-8i to my old system with Windows 8.1, added two 2TB disks to SAS-0 port, created RAID1 with them, assigned a letter E: and started cloning data to it. Is it possible to add ...
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ReadyNAS RN312 extremely slow on resync
Running a 2 TB RN312 OS 6.10.3 X-raid and it is taking forever to resync a new disk.
See below
root@nas-D5-DF-E6:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
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Reshaping RAID-1 to RAID-5 hangs forever
I have a problem with reshaping RAID level 1 to RAID level 5: it's been hanging at 41% for a few days now.
Some background (verbose, since I don't know will end up being relevant; apologies).
The ...
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CentOS Understanding Failed Software RAID Array
I have received two notifications from our main server today about failed disks in a raid array. This appears to be a software raid setup years before I started at the company by a past staff member.
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How does loss of single drive influence 4k random performance of RAID 1 array?
Here is one explanation of the benefits of RAID 1:
"As different disks can seek on different data, it [RAID 1] has up to 2x the random read IOPS but the same 1x (or slightly lower, due to ...
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Unable to re-assemble RAID1 using mdadm -- failed to run array, invalid argument
I'm trying to assemble a RAID1 array using mdadm. I'd like to be able to debug this error, but I'm not sure where the error actually is, other than "Invalid Argument".
Here's the main log. I can't ...
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Server 2012 RAID 1 drive expansion onto additional RAID 1 disk
I currently have two 500GB HDD set up as RAID 1 on server 2012 via the C100 raid controller. This is disk 0. They are split into C: and D: drives/volumes
C: has the OS and program files,
D: has ...
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Win 10 boot volume mirror fails: Boot configuration data could not be updated
I'm trying to add a mirror of the C:\ volume in Windows, but Disk Management gives an error:
Disk Management
The boot configuration data of the system could not be updated.
Use bcdedit.exe to update ...
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Linux softraid: Can disk image files mounted via loop device be located on a raid 1?
I want to use a softraid mirror for my new Linux installation (VoidLinux) -- complete mirror of swap and /.
Now I also want to mount some directories (e.g. /home) via loop device from a disk image ...
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mdadm RAID underlaying an LVM gone after reboot
The main part of my problem ha been discussed here the other time...
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The Situation:
I upgraded my hardware, installing two new ...
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