Summary: I currently have a 3-disk nForce RAID 5 array (3x 750 GB Seagate 16 MB cache 7200 RPM drives). Today I purchased a new drive of the exact same model a...
Summary: I have a SBS 2003 server that has a RAID 5 setup with 3 U320 SCSI 36.4 GB drives. This gives me roughly 72 GB of total drive space (being that one of...
Summary: DELL 220s DAS, PERC 3/di controller, 2003 Server: The DAS has 14 slots, 9 of which are filled. If the 9 disks form a RAID 5, can I build a seperate R...
Summary: I have RAID level 5 with three 72.8 GB disks. I also have 3 empty drive bays. Can I simply plug in more hard disks to gain more storage space? What...
Summary: The 4th drive would not be part of the array as you state it. Just install it. I use all my drives for scratch disks. Any disk added would be outside...
Summary: Wouldn't make sense to have an automatic rebuild, would it? Just because you put a new drive in the system you wouldn't want it to assume you are want...
Summary: Hi, I am trying to install a PCI ultra160 scsi raid card on my 1.8 Gig pentium 4 pc. that supports upto 15 hard disks, do the hard disks have to be th...
Summary: I was wondering if there is such a thing as RAID 51 or RAID 5+1? Here's what I'd like to accomplish. I want to take 4 hard drives, put 3 of them in a ...
Summary: Mobo is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium with the onboard SiL RAID controller. I've got a single WD2500KS plugged in that is pretty close to capacity. Best buy...
Summary: I servicing for first time a server. It is a Compaq proliant 1600 with a raid 5 array usind a smartstar scsi controller, it uses three ultra wide scsi...
Summary: I'm using 2 SATA HDDs as non-raid now, am considering adding the 3rd HDD (Ihave a 3rd identical HDD) and going to RAID 5 config. 1, can I do that in m...
Summary: Hi, We have IBM X220 with dual array (RAID 5). Now two disks failed together in each array (one array for OS & other array for DATA). Please suggest h...
Summary: I seem to be in a mess here... I had a RAID 5 setup with 3x400GB drives. One time one of the drives failed, so it was running on the remaining two fi...
Summary: I have a RAID 5 setup with 5 drives using the Intel ICH10R chipset. When I flashed my BIOS recently, it reset its settings to their defaults. When it ...
Summary: Do most RAID 5 adapters that allow hot swap of drives build an array automatically? The reason I ask is because I have a Dell Poweredge 6450 server t...
Summary: Hi, What will happen if a RAID 5 is created and then the order of the HD is changed and plugged into the array? eg. HD 1,2,3,4 are used and then order...
Summary: Restart your computer and go back into the raid option screen. Go back to the Matrix Storage manager and highlight the (Reset Disks To Non-RAID). now ...
Summary: Is it possible for a drive to have a write error in a raid 5 setup, which makes a drive drop offline? The drive rebuilt fine after it dropped off. W...
Summary: E:\ drive is 3 drives setup in a RAID 5 config. We got low on space so I installed a 4th drive and added it to the RAID. It restriped the data across ...
Summary: A very interesting lesson aitrus but not strictly correct! The theory is right but the numbering a little inaccurate. The parity does not add up to 5 ...
Summary: I was just wondering when making a server with raid 5. Is alright to use a server motherboards raid 5 or would it be better to use a addon card. thank...
Summary: Just wanted to know ive been reading that today with the increase in hdd size the rate of ures would increase and render raid 5,6 usless. I would like...
Summary: Hello, I'm having problems trying to get a Raid 5 set up in vista 32 ultimate. I have vista installed on a solo 500gb boot drive and am trying to set ...
Summary: Had 1 of 4 drives in a RAID 5 array (striping with parity) fail. Originally, all 4 drives were same model and capacity. Had to replace the failed on...
Summary: So I'm building a new computer, and it is top of the line. It has an Intel i7 950 processor, motherboard with built in raid controller, radeon 4870 x...