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Can I access data from single HDD of RAID-1 (Software based RAID)?
I had a machine running Linux Server (Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS) on a M.2 NVMe SSD, and have connected 2 four TB NAS HDD with software based RAID-1 configuration (Linux RAID1 and formatted as EXT4 partition)....
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Faulty disk replaced but not visible in RAID 1
I have an old NAS called Netgear Stora. It has two SSD drives in RAID1. Unfortunately one of the drives started to light red on the cover and it appeared faulty (also it started to sound very noisy ...
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How exact do I need to be about replacing disks like-for-like in a RAID 1 NAS? Can I replace a disk with one of greater capacity?
I want to replace one of the disks in my NAS, which currently contains two 6TB disks, arranged in a RAID 1 array. Do I need to replace with a disk of exactly the same size? If "it depends," ...
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RAID with 3 x 500GB on 3 disks? (9 partitions)
Looking to set up a photography PC slash storage. Below is my disk drives
500GB SATA Barracuda
2.0TB SATA Western
2.0TB SATA Western
500GB ePCI NVMN --- use this as the PC
It occured to me, if I ...
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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.
The 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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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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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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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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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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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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