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03.31.2008 at 09:00PM PDT, ID: 23284763
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Dell DataSafe RAID array showed as degraded - how can I tell if it is working properly

Asked by DonnaBenoit in Storage Technology, Computer Hard Drives, Backup & Restore Software

Tags: NVIDIA Corporation, Media Shield, 5.10, Installed by Dell as Dell Data Safe, Dell, Desktop computer, Dimension E521, DataSafe Secured Storage and Data Recovery Solution

Some time ago when rebooting my PC I noticed a message about RAID array degraded. I have a Dell Dimension E521 desktop equiped with DataSafe Secured Storage and Data Recovery Solution. After poking around a bit I went into the media shield software and under the details saw 'particians f and g' and system tasks 'delete array' I did that then rebooted and the array rebuilt.  

For a period of time while the array was degraded I was seeing (in MyComputer) an f drive and a g drive which I assume was the second 'mirrored' hard drive but it was not up to date.  After the array rebuilt I no longer see the f/g drive.  Documentation from Dell is basically non existant about what my system had originally and I am not familiar with RAID arrays so now I am not sure if the rebuild corrected itself and everything is good again.  How can I check to see that the second hard drive is a mirror of the c/d drive and if it is working correctly?Start Free Trial
 
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Zones: Storage Technology, Computer Hard Drives, Backup & Restore Software
Tags: NVIDIA Corporation, Media Shield, 5.10, Installed by Dell as Dell Data Safe, Dell, Desktop computer, Dimension E521, DataSafe Secured Storage and Data Recovery Solution
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