Questions tagged [hardware-raid]

RAID solution with hardware assistance. RAID parity calculations can be performed by either the main CPU, or by a separate processor on the RAID controller card.

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perccli: How to check the pdcache status for a virtual drive?

The perccli utility (doc page) has an option to set the "pdcache" option, where pdcache means physical drive cache (although I can't find where that's actually defined). From the docs, the syntax is: perccli /cx/vx set…
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PERC H710 says “Update key missing”

I currently scavenged a thrift shop in japan and picked up a working mint condition poweredge T110 II. It’s already been powered up and have ESXi on it. I recently bought a PERC H710 by LSI to upgrade the drives and as soon as i power it up now it…
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is possible to combine two raids groups in one logical drive

i have server with raid card support 8 disk drive and and created raid. but to to large data storage getting full. so i want to know if i add another raid card with same model and capacity. and create same raid like raid 10 or 5 on both raid drives.…
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Extend RAID volume size with storcli

I have RAID1 on 2*240GB HDD , witch i changed with 480GB SSD's. I changed disk 1 , wait for RAID to rebuild, and then change the other. Now I have 240GB RAID over 480GB disks, and cant find a way to extend the volume , so I can use all the space. …
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How to force array rebuild on HP smart array (ssacli)

i recently replaced a failed drive on my HW RAID 5 array in my home server. i am running a custom built machine (read: built from whatever parts i thought might fit together). the HW RAID controller is a HP P420 card, running a 5x8TB RAID 5 array…
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How to detect undetected hard drive volume in Windows Server 2003

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650 and I'm running Windows Server 2003. Here is some back ground on the hardware of this Dell PE 2650. I have 4 (not 5) 17GB RAID drives and has set up two containers. In the first container (17GB) I have drive-0 and…
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HP DL360e Gen 8 b320i raid controller with any linux distro not detecting RAID with SSD

I would need some help with an HP DL360e to install ssd's using the b320i raid controller. I prefer using the controller over software raid, unless I really have to. I tried the latest Debian and openSUSE leap. I want to try SUSE leap, as it would…
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Problem setting up DL360G5 with scsi RAID

I have a problem with reinstalling OS on a DL360G5. The BIOS [F9] do not detect any disc controllers and the HP SmartSetup did not find any compatible controllers. Inside the server, the two SCSI disks are conncted to a RAID controller using BCM8603…
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Server Drive issue

My server was not working at all since yesterday, when DC intervention complete they told that one of the drive is defected. I am using 4x 2To HDD SATA Soft RAID After they checked and online the server the status is here is the result…
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How to have a RAID1 accessible from both Ubuntu and Windows?

This topic has been discussed many times, but i didn't find anything specific to my situation. I would like to create a RAID1 with 2 sata drives (same brand, model,capacity). My objective is to have this raid accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu,…
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Flash Crucial SSD firmware through PERC 730P Mini RAID controller

We've got a number of Crucial drives in Dell r630 servers with PERC 730P Mini RAID controllers that need their firmware updating as they're still on version M3CR032 with the known issues. The servers aren't live so there is always the option of…
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Show raid controller firmware version from Linux

I'm trying to find out the firmware version of my RAID controller on CentOS 7.9. Here is my RAID controller : # lspci -d::104 -m 02:00.0 "RAID bus controller" "Broadcom / LSI" "MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 [Invader]" -r02 "Dell" "PERC H730 Mini" # lspci…
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HDD vs SSD for mongodb database server

I am setting up a physical server for an application that we have developed, the purpose of this server is to run the server's own software and store its database (mongodb). On the server machine we want to configure a RAID 1 storage system to keep…
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Unable to Install Linux Mint on RAID

Second week now than I'm trying to setup Linux Mint on software RAID5 without success. I'm able to setup the software RAID5 on the live CD with three 240GB SSD, then the installation setup fails to install the GRUB on /dev/sda Picture 1 Knowing that…
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Supermicro won't boot from RAID virtual drive after a power outage

One of our Supermicro servers won't boot from the virtual drive on a MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i after a power outage. It can still boot from a USB stick without trouble, all hard drives and file systems seem to be intact. The correct drive is not shown as…
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