Questions tagged [raid]
Redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks; a technology which utilizes multiple disks to provide increased reliability, performance, and/or redundancy. Can be implemented either in software or with a hardware controller.
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What drive pool/RAID option is best for a home media server with uneven drive sizes?
I am building a DIY home server NAS with a DAS and Proxmox and don't need enterprise-grade redundancy. I am happy to use something other than Proxmox, I just like how easy it is to use containers and ...
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New NAS: Enhancing MDADM against long-term bitrot and random errors
For the last 15 years I was running MDADM(Raid6)+EXT4 under Ubuntu Server on smaller arrays <25Tb. Typically, all my arrays grow over the years, so I was starting with 4-5 drives and ending around ...
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Cloning PERC H310 RAID 1 to non RAID SATA disk
I have a Windows 10 PC with the OS drive being 2 SAS drives on a Dell PERC H310 as a mirror.
I want to remove the RAID and install a single SATA SSD. I have some programs to which I have no ...
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Detecting array message
I found an old PC back from 2005. Tried to boot it up but it gave a message "Detecting array". Also tried dissabling SATA controller in BIOS but then a simple white line was blinking on the ...
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resize2fs wont grow an mdadm array (raid6, lvm, ext4)
I've decided to grow my raid6 array:
- from: 7x 2TB drives (giving usable space of ~9TB in ext4/raid6)
- to: 7x 4TB drives (giving usable space of ~18TB in ext4/raid6)
I have replaced all seven ...
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Mounting External Intel Raid Device on Linux Failing, No Suitable Superblock and Read Past End
I have a hard-disk from a dead machine that I'm trying to mount on my Linux machine. For reference, I'm using Fedora 39 and mdadm v4.2. First, I tried just mounting it, correctly showing it's a RAID ...
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Migrating between BTRFS Profiles and mdadm RAID
I am planning to set up a home NAS. I plan to start it with two identical disks in something similar to RAID-1, but Iʼm thinking about how to make sure I leave my options open for growing it later.
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Degraded four-drive RAID 5 with missing superblock on single drive
I'll start with the question: Based on the following information, is there a mdadm command I can make in the readyNAS to reassemble all four drives in the raid 5 in a working state where I can pull ...
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When I use four drives, one operates very slowly
I’m experiencing unusual behavior with my system. When I attempt to write to four disks concurrently. In fact, the last disk (/dev/sdd) consistently operates at a speed ranging from 40MB/s to 5MB/s.
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Windows Storage Pool stuck in ReadOnly state
So to make a long story short(er), I suspect I had a bad SATA card. I have a 8 drive storage pool in Windows 11 in Storage Spaces (1 parity) that's been running great for a few months. Suddenly it ...
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Bcachefs: remove dead drive from an online filesystem
I'm playing around with bcachefs to see how it handles various scenarios.
Currently, I'm doing a simple experiment where I'm writing random data to a file on an array with 3 HDDs set up with 2 data ...
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Raid data no longer showing up after disconnecting and reconnecting drives
I have WD Mybook Duo 16tb raid. I opened it up and took out the drives because I was originally planning on putting in some drives from a different WD mybook duo 16 tb raid that had malfunctioned due ...
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Raid 5, single disk failure
A friend's Raid 5 array going down.
OS: Windows 10 on SSD, not on RAID
Raid controller: HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 controller
Raid 5 of 8x8TB drives
HighPoint controller is managed through their ...
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USB disk on a VBox on RAID was repartitioned
I have an Ubuntu on a VBox on Windows 10 Pro. The Ubuntu had a Raid 1+0 with 2 external USB disks. Suddenly, when I restarted the server, both disks got repartitioned with these: PARTLABEL="...
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Can I set JBOD and RAID10 at the same time on the NAS?
I am looking to buy ASUSTOR's FS6712X NAS, and 12 of 2TB NVME SSD and now have a question about the RAID settings.
Is it possible to set JBOD and RAID10 at the same time? So like having 12TB capacity ...
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