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Clone Raid 0 hardware array to bigger external disks?
I have a laptop I bought used, has dual Samsung 500gb m.2 SSDs in and Intel RST RAID 0 array. I'm running out of space on it and can't add additional drives. I was wondering if there's a way to clone ...
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Frequent write errors to new SSD - Faulty hardware or configuration issue?
I replaced the primary boot drive (SSD) on my Alienware 17 R4 a few months ago after it died on me. Since then, my computer will spontaneously just stop fulfilling commands, and eventually grind to a ...
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Migrate existing RAID5 to RAID10 with new disks
I have the following situation:
Within my Server, i have a RAID5 and RAID1 made out of 3 x 3TB HDDs. Now i want to migrate the whole stuff to a RAID10 made out of 4 x 1TB SSDs.
Actually i have SW ...
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PCIE SSD Raid0 not bootable but everything is OK on it
I have a MSI GT72S 6QE laptop where the OS (Windows 10) is installed on a PCIE RAID0 SSD (I know, Raid0 sucks, I won't make that mistake again when buying a laptop).
On of the two SSD's in the RAID ...
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solid state disk some random files corrupted; how to prevent in simple terms
Please see What happens in a raid (5) when one drive or more gets a bad sector?. I have a few .jpg files (and much more serious data). Some of the .jpg files become corrupted. I can tell because ...
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Does a replacement RAID disk need to be empty?
Lazy question here. I'm about to replace both RAID 1 SATA disks from a live server, ensuring each disk has fully built before replacing the other. This is a SuperMicro server which I would assume ...
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Expanding a partition to another drive
I don't know how to extend C Drive (in my SSD: 256GB) to my HDD (1TB), Is there a good way? I know in some IOs it will make my speed equal to HDD (in those which gonna be written on HDD obviously but, ...
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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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Debian installer can’t find laptop ssd and I can’t change the mode to RAID in the BIOS
I am trying to usb install debian 10 to my hp laptop. However, it is not finding the laptop’s ssd, only the usb drive. I am not experienced with installing operating systems, but I read at Debian USB ...
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What's the fastest file system setup for transferring from NVME to HDD?
I'm trying to figure out the proper system layout for transferring data from fast storage to slow storage with minimal bottlenecks. I have a fast array of RAID 0 NVME drives used for daily tasks. At ...
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Retrieve TBW / Total LBA Written using RAID 0
I have two SSDs ( WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0 ) in RAID 0 and I want to know how many terabytes have been written on them so far.
However, the Total_LBAs_Written attribute gives me an incorrect value ( < 50'...
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How to combine a bunch of different sized SSDs into one volume in Windows?
I have six old SATA ssd of different sizes and brands (100 to 512 GB) collecting dust in a drawer. I would like to put them into my PC as one large JBOD volume, and use this for installing Steam games....
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Single SSD to Raid 1
Sorry ive never done this and want to make sure i dont lose my data, i have a 256GB SSD currently and i want to add a new 256GB SSD and run in raid 1, can i restore a windows image after i have setup ...
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NVMe RAID on Linux with AMD Ryzen Line-Up Possible?
I am planning on building an own Linux server (I am leaning towards Ubuntu) for different applications like my own Mail Server, Web Server, File Server, NAS, VPN etc.
I am planning on buying an AMD ...
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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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