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Did you bought your new Hard Drives from Dell of from another vendor???
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Did you bought your new Hard Drives from Dell of from another vendor???

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got these from Dell, the openmange states the disks are online. 
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got these from Dell, the openmange states the disks are online.

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i have 6 disk in total, 3 previous disk are raid 5 and now i have 3 new disks which i also configured into raid 5 via openmanage. it was initializing after my configuration but now it has finished. 
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i have 6 disk in total, 3 previous disk are raid 5 and now i have 3 new disks which i also configured into raid 5 via openmanage. it was initializing after my configuration but now it has finished.

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sorry me being stupid, the reason both lights are constant green is because there is no activity..doh! the other drives are being access 24/7, these drives are new and no has accessed to them yet.
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sorry me being stupid, the reason both lights are constant green is because there is no activity..doh! the other drives are being access 24/7, these drives are new and no has accessed to them yet.

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Just installed 3 new drives into the server under Raid 5 and everything looks good but i would like to know why 2 LED are constant green per each new drive x 3 and that 3 old drives only have 1 LED light up per drive. &nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/11_w48/373934/26112010129.jpg" target="_blank" title="LED (1.2 MB)"><img alt="LED" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/11_w48/800_373934/26112010129.jpg" /></a>
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Just installed 3 new drives into the server under Raid 5 and everything looks good but i would like to know why 2 LED are constant green per each new drive x 3 and that 3 old drives only have 1 LED light up per drive.  

Green LED on new drive

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.