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

Can a RAID5 be corrupted if Drive 0 has been failed and how could this be fixed? [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 I have configured RAID5 on an ASUS server and installed VMware ESXi 4.1 on it. The attached photo indicates that Drive 0 resides … Read more

2 Disks lost from RAID5 on P212! How can I recover the array without losing data? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Closed 9 years ago. Possible Duplicate: All servers flooded by salt water, is it possible to recover data from multi-platter drives? I am an individual user of HP P212/Zero Memory Smart Array Controller and I have a RAID5 on it. This Raid5 contains 6 Seagate 2TB SATA Hard Drives, … 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

Extend RAID 5 to use unused space and add additional disks?

I am new to RAID. I want to extend an existing RAID 5. The current setup is as follows: Array A unused space : 349956 MB logical drive :1 total size 273GB raid5 disk : /dev/cciss/c0d0 physical 1I:1:5 – 146gb 2I:1:1 – 146gb 2I:1:2 – 146gb 2I:1:3 – 146gb 2I:1:4 – 146gb I also have … Read more

Which Disk to replace first ? Predictive Failure or Failed Disk [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 3 years ago. Improve this question We have a HPDL380 G6 server ( running 2003 R2) with 1 failed disk and 1 predictive failure. Total 4 Disks configured with … Read more