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RAID server went dark

So I have a Gigabyte 277x MB with a Intel i5 that has been running 2 software raid arrays on Ubuntu for 3 years without issue. Last night I turned off server to move it and clean it and then turned it ...
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mdadm lost RAID5 after new motherboard and processor

I moved my mdadm RAID5 to a different motherboard/processor, same boot drive. The array is no longer found during a mdadm --assemble --scan The motherboard was previously running INTEL RAID, so when ...
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Issues mounting a RAID5 in ubuntu

I've been trying to access the contents on a RAID5 for the past 2 days. Although it looks like the information is there when getting the array details, it doesn't show any files when mounted. I first ...
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Degraded RAID 5 array, can't add replacement drive

So I've had two drives that have been marked as faulty spares in my RAID, I've removed them then I tried to --force assemble the RAID but this came up - mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 2 drives and 1 ...
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Format system and preserve RAID

I have a system on an SSD, and beside that, a set of 4 disks are connected over software RAID 5. I have a problem with that system now and I'd like to format that system and install a new one. If I ...
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Raid5 reconstruction is extremely slow

Three days ago added another drive to my RAID5 array with 3 drives, each drive is 4TB. Since then than only 42% has been completed MegaCli64 -LDRecon ShowProg L0 -a0 ...
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Testing software RAID5 by pulling a HDD live. Bad idea?

I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.10, with software RAID5 and LVM running on top of that. I have four 2TB HDDs. I also have a separate boot drive with incremental full-system snapshots that run every four ...
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HTPC : Ubuntu 4-Drive Raid5, Expanson

So right now I have a HTPC with (3) 1TB harddrives Software-Raid5'ed giving me something like 1.9TB of storage available for recording TV shows / media / backing up my DVD's. As I'm about 50GB off ...
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Possible to load old software raid array on new system? Ubuntu

I am looking into a more redundant solution to my home server. I know raid is "not" a backup, but I am looking into a raid 5 solution for these reasons. I would be very annoyed if I lost my data, ...
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Software RAID 5 with Multiple Partitions (one encrypted partition)

Can I have multiple partitions using Software RAID 5 on an Ubuntu Server? For example, say using a 4 drive RAID 5 setup, I want one massive partition for storage and a second smaller but encrypted ...
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Fluctuating transfer speeds with md RAID5/vsftpd

I have an Ubuntu 8.04.4 server with an md RAID5 consisting of 9 drives. While transferring a large amount of data to it (through vsftpd) I noticed very bad transfer speed fluctuation. For example ...
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Why does ICH10R raid 5 not show up on Ubuntu?

Using Asus P5Q Pro raid5, (ICH10R chipset). I've setup 4 SATA drives in Raid 5 using the motherboard's interface. It shows up in windows fine, without adding software. I've been using them fine for a ...
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