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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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How to Clone a Single SSD to a RAID 1 Array?
I have a 1TB SSD with Windows 11 installed and lots of software.
I want to set up a RAID 1 (mirror) configuration.
I installed two empty 1TB SSDs and configured RAID 1 in the BIOS.
I'm trying to clone ...
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SATA RAID 0 (striping) configuration under Windows 11
I have a 'semi-newish' desktop I put together (GigaByte motherboard) with 2x M.2 500GB SSDs. I thought I had properly configured them in RAID 0 via the UEFI settings. Yet then today I was adding a ...
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Recover files from failed raid 0
I have a client whose laptop (Asus GX502) stopped working, and as I fix the laptop he wants his data from his drives, but problem is that when I connected the nvme SSDs (512 GB each) to my test ...
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How to monitor drive failures via IPMI/Redfish Supermicro & Gigabyte
We have a bunch of Supermicro SuperServers deployed (various generations) and since we had a few drive (SSD) failures in the last month. We only noticed the failures (depending on the RAID level) ...
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Fault detected on drive 1 in disk drive bay 1 on a Dell R620, but is it really a concern?
It gives me this code on the display from the server (Fault detected on drive 1 in disk drive bay 1) , but in iDRAC:
Storage summary:
Fault logs:
Disks online:
I really don’t know what is happening,...
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Can RAID 1 fail (me)?
I read about RAID 25 years ago but never used it. Now I am considering mirroring a Dell work laptop's SSD using its BIOS/chipset RAID. Let's assume monthly backups are performed but I am looking to &...
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Single SSD in RAID10 array has Wear_Leveling_Count issue
I run a RAID10 machine with 4x Samsung 480GB SSD's. The drives are of identical age.
3 of the drives have a Wear_Leveling_Count 090, but one is now as low as 003. I don't understand why one of the ...
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Trouble understanding difference between disk and drives
So I'm studying for the A+ and we are currently learning about RAID configurations. It says Raid 0 requires 2 disk while Raid requires 2 drives. However wouldn't Raid 0 still require two drives ...
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Is there any disadvantage on using desktop ssd for raid server storage?
I know that it's necessary to use enterprise SSD for Raid server storage, but the company I work for cannot afford that kind of SSD, (even the recommended SAS HDD is too expensive). This limits my ...
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How many NVMe SSDs can I connect to a desktop PC and how?
I have 25 NVMe 2230 SSDs, each of them 256 GB. I was wondering how many of them can be connected to my desktop PC somehow. I know there are some adapters like quad NVMe to PCI-E but I want to use a ...
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Change 2 512Gb SSDs NVMe in Raid0 (1Tb total) to one simple SSD of 2Tb, is it possible?
Sorry for my bad english I'm french, I will try to be as understandable as possible.
I wanted to add more space to my Alienware m15 R4 PC laptop, I knew it has 1 terabyte of storage and that there was ...
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Is JBOD or striping better for lots of small files?
I have a server in multi-disk configuration using LVM-on-LUKS in JBOD mode. But I notice in htop that the kernel time in CPU usage is (un)usually very high, and in iotop the jbd2/dm-5-8 and ...
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Which ssd configuration is best for programming using Visual Studio 2019? 2 SSD 1TB with RAID 0 configuration or one single SSD 2TB [closed]
I want to buy a DELL machine of 17". I have two options:
DELL Alienware x17
Intel Core i7 12700H 12th generation, Windows 11 PRO (English & Spanish), Graphic Card NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ...
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How to migrate primary system drive from RAID array to SSD with Windows already installed?
I currently have an SSD (C:) with Windows 10 installed on it (C:/Windows/*). I also have a RAID 1+0 array of 4 HDDs (D:) that does not have an OS installed. I would like to remove the RAID (D:) ...
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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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Dell R710 RAID PERC H700 Foreign Configuration(s) issue
Just getting around to setting up my server from it sitting some 2 years without plugging it in or running it at all.
Now prior to it sitting I did have it running for awhile and I know it does run as ...
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SSDs show up in AHCI mode but not RAID mode
We have a problem with our motherboard where the SSDs installed (there is no M.2 installed, just 2 SSDs) are detected when the SATA mode in BIOS is set to AHCI, but disappear with no way to set up a ...
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RAID 5 with SSDs; how many and what class of SSDs to use?
I have a 850 EVO 250gb as win/programs/games disk and I am thinking buying more SSDs to go with RAID 5 in order to gain more speed. I know the pros and cons of RAID 5.
The question is:
5 cheap 120gb ...
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Is it possible to install two SSD M2 drives using only 1 SATA port?
I have a six years old Toshiba laptop computer. It has traditional mechanical hard drive with SATA3 interface. It has no M2 SSD interface.
I am wondering if it is possible to install 2 SSD M2 using ...
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AM4 RAID-driver install on existing Win10 without wanting to actually use a RAID-setup
I have had an Issue for a few weeks now, where my OS (windows10) just locks and doesnt work until you restart it. Looking through the event viewer lead me to this solution:
https://forums....
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Can I install any distro (preferably Ubuntu/Debian) with SSD drive, no legacy mode (just UEFI) and no option to switch to AHCI mode?
My Ubuntu installer can't see a SSD drive. I searched for a solution a bit and found people recommeding
to switch off secure boot (it's disabled),
to switch to legacy mode (can't, I only have uefi ...
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Newly installed AMD system won't recognize old Intel RAID 0
My old RAID 0 setup isn't being recognized in RAIDXpert2, and I can't seem to figure out how to make it again, without losing data. Here's my timeline:
Intel i7 2600k + Z77 board
Intel i7 6700k + ...
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Why Windows 7 will not install when using Marvell MST644R HyperDuo?
I recently wanted to upgrade my desktop by adding a VANTEC (Marvell) UGT-MST644R (2mSATA + 2SATA) Raid card with HyperDuo capability. I also purchased two 240Gb SSD cards that fit directly on the ...
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Can Windows Server 2012 R2 be installed onto M.2 SSD drive?
I'm about to build a server machine based on XEON E-2246G placed most probably into ASUS WS C246 PRO and I want to have a M.2 SSD drive as primary for the OS Windows Server 2012 R2. The M.2 SSD disk (...
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How to TRIM ssds in RAID 1 on Windows 10 (1903)?
I use 2 Samsung 860 pro 1TB disks in RAID 1 (Intel RST ver. 17.2.4.101) on a Dell Precision 3620 (i7-6700).
The write performances have degraded terribly.
Blanking and reinstalling everything is a ...
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Asus Z170-A M.2 SSD and PCIe - Can I run more than one in RAID?
I have an Asus Z170-A that's now a few years old. When I bought it I could only afford conventional 250GB SATA SSD and 1TB HDD combination. My Steam games are on the HDD.
With prices falling I would ...
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Up to which point (disk size) is Raid 6 safe to use? [closed]
I have been reading a lot of warnings about Raid-6 becoming less and less safe to use due to the storage amount per disk as well as array sizes increasing.
What are the best practice limits/when does ...
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What exactly happens when I partition an SSD, mounted both, and ran simultaneous disk speed tests? [closed]
What exactly happens when I partition an SSD, mounted both, and ran simultaneous disk speed tests?
Example in MacOS:
I currently have a 500GB SSD in an external enclosure connected by USB.
It's ...
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Can I use three SSDs in RAID 5 with an operating system install on one of them?
I have three identical 500GB M.2 SSD's installed on my motherboard, and want to run them all in a RAID 5 array, where I would have ~1TB usable storage. I currently have Windows 10 installed and ...
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Very slow bootup time after adding SSD - Windows 10
I wanted to increase the speed of my DLL PC so added a new 120 GB SSD hard disk in addition to the previously present hard disk, system boot up time became very slow.
It is litreally stuck at bios ...
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Dell XPS 15 (9550) dual SSD
I recently opened up my Dell XPS 15 9550 to blow out some of the dust, and was surprised by the presence of an empty SATA bay next to the smaller 56 Whr battery. I only opted for the 256GB M.2 drive ...
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Can I install Linux on a SATA drive when UEFI is on SSD in RAID mode?
I recently got a new PC with an SSD (NVMe) boot drive and a secondary SATA data drive. After verifying the operation of Windows on the system, I then wanted to try installing Linux on the system.
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Server SSD read speed
We have a hp proliant DL580 Gen10 with
5x12Gb/s ssd
2x6Gb/s ssd
I put the 2x6Gb/s ssd in raid1 to install esxi.
How do I configure the 5x12Gb/s ssd for max read performance? i.e. the main workload ...
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2 RAID Arrays on Z390 chipset (M.2x4 and SATA)
I need to know if this is possible. To have two RAID arrays on a z390 platform. The first being a boot drive composed of two M.2x4 pcie SSDs in RAID 1 and the other being composed of two SATA III SSDs ...
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RAID and corrupted installation of Windows
I have problem with installing Windows 10 when RAID is enabled. I thing, that when RAID is enabled, some installed files are corrupted. I have:
ASUS ROG STRIX X399
Samsung Evo 860 500GB
2x WD blue ...
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