Server destroying and burning my Hard Drives [closed]

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replacing 3 drives out of 8 in a server [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question We have a Dell R510 server running SQL 2008 R2 with 8 x 300GB drives running Raid 5. We (just noticed) we had … Read more

Vpd r/w failed This is likely a firmware bug on this device [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question Does this mean my RAID 1 device is failing? EDIT: seeing this is a raidcare issue. How can I pull the specs and … Read more

Dell PowerEdge t710 raid configuration for newbie [closed]

Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 6 years ago. Improve this question My company bought a Dell PowerEdge t710 server with: 48 GB ram 4×4 GB ethernet … Read more

How safe is Raid 0 with Perc710P hardware raid controller? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question I bought my new server Dell R620 and it does have Perc710P HW Raid controller. I have 4x512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD’s. I … Read more

raid 1 always degraded after pushing reset [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I have Marvell hardware raid 1. After pushing reset or any other incorrect shutdown raid is degraded. Is it possible to create hardware … Read more

Daily rsync instead of RAID 1? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I’m building a small home server, and in looking at software and/or hardware RAID1 and RAID5 and ZFS and whatever, I thought, “what … Read more

Why is a double disk failure an issue for a 5 disk Raid 5 configuration?

Based on this question about RAID-5 for 5 disks: Two disks failed simultaneously? Sorry if I butcher some of the terminology Why is a double disk failure an issue for a 5 disk Raid 5 configuration? Even with 2 disks offline, I still can access the sections (terminology?) A, B, C, D and E. Assuming … Read more

RAID 1, error “PCI training error” after power surge on DELL POWER EDGE R410 [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question After a power surge a DELL POWER EDGE R410 is no longer booting, the error is “PCIe Training Error: Embedded NIC 1”. On … Read more

Red Hat 5.3 on HP Proliant DL380 G5 and failed drive on RAID controller

I have a development ERP server here in my office that I assist with support on, and originally the DBA requested a single drive setup for some of the drives on the server. Thus the hardware RAID controller (an HP embedded controller) looks like: c0d0 (2 drive) RAID-1 c0d1 (2 drive) RAID-1 c0d2 (1 drive) … Read more