Questions tagged [software-raid]
Questions which refer to software RAID implementations.
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mdadm: RAID gone after reboot, partitions gone, service masked
Some weeks ago I set up a software RAID 1 with mdadm, consisting of two 2TB WD Red HDDs, as a backup medium (Debian Stable). Everything works, I hooked up everything for it to come up after a reboot, ...
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How do I mount a software RAID1 (mirror) created by Windows in Linux using mdadm?
I'm switching my Windows server to Ubuntu and am trying to get my software RAID1 (mirror) that I created in Windows to show up in Ubuntu. I have read that this is possible here using mdadm, but I'm ...
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Storage Spaces out of space
I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise. I have four identical 3TB disks set up in a Storage Space pool. Each disk shows up as providing 2.72 TB to the pool. I create a storage space with REFS and resiliency ...
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Synology DiskStation: How to stop/interrupt a running reshape (RAID5 -> RAID6)
The short of it: I have a running reshape from RAID5 with 5 disks to RAID6 with 6 disks which needs to be stopped, so I can power off the system. I do not care if the reshape needs to start fresh once ...
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¿Does a RAID array persist through multiple OS installations?
As title said; i'd like to know if a Windows-made software RAID array will persist a new installation, if I could read that RAID with another Windows partition or installation and if other OS could ...
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Storage spaces on Windows 10 and tiering
I have a number of disks on my Windows 10 (pro if it maters) desktop and have been toying with storage spaces. I'd like some advice on how to configure storage volumes for my use cases. I know the ...
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Is bad memory an issue for Windows Server Software Raid 5 resync?
So, I have a setup at home where I run a Windows server 2019 running a Software Raid 5 setup running over 5 disks created through disk manager. Since this is a home system, I haven't really found ...
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Replace a Raid 0 Disk (Software Raid/Windows)
I would like to know if it is possible, to replace a Disk in a Windows Software Raid 0. (e.g. clone the disk to another one inside the OS)
I have seen another post where this question was asked, but ...
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Is it possible to clone a single disk from a Windows striped array ("RAID-0")?
I know it's different for 'actual' RAID arrays, but I was wondering if maybe Windows striping / software RAID may be different, since all the striping happens within Windows and not a dedicated ...
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mdadm shows inactive raid0 array instead of degraded raid6 after disk failure
I've been running an Ubuntu 18.04 system with an 8-disk raid 6 array, that crashed while having a faulty disk (I only noticed that there was a faulty disk after the crash). The raid array has survived ...
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Unable to access intel fake RAID 1 array in Fedora 14 after reboot
First I am relatively new to linux (but not to *nix). I have 4 disks assembled in the following intel ahci bios fake raid arrays:
2x320GB RAID1 - used for operating systems md126
2x1TB RAID1 - used ...
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Machine crashes with AHCI controller unavailable! and not using Asmedia Controller
I have an Machine that crashes periodically. When I recreated the issue I found that the machine fails with the error AHCI controller unavailable! (full errors in the screenshot).
I have an AMD Ryzen ...
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Is Intel ESRT2 Software-RAID?
I have 2 options for configuring RAID at the UEFI level. Intel ESRT 2 and Intel VROC which is the successor to Intel RST (rapid start).
I know Intel RST and thus VROC (which is present on non server ...
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How to completely scrub an raid disk?
I have started working on raid devices related project. And I would like to be able to test my changes easily.
The problem is whenever I need to create or remove a new raid device, I have to go ...
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Recreate hardware RAID 1 out of fully-mirrored disks without data loss in software RAID 1
I have two identical hard disk drives with identical data. They were a former hardware RAID 1 on a MSI H97M-E35 mainboard with an Intel H81 Express chipset and were used as data drives (not as system ...
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