jmahlmann
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fault on drive 0
Hi. I have just started work at a new client site and they have a fault on drive 0 of a Raid drive. One of our tech's rebooted the server and it has yet to come up. Please note we are remote since it's a Sunday night. Would the drive fault cause the issue? I am just wondering what we are going to expect in the morning.
DELL PERC 5/i SCSI
DELL PERC 5/i SCSI
What type of RAID you have ?
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I think it's a raid 5.
It will take time to rebuild the data/parity from the reset of RAID members after replacing the failed hard disk with a new one.
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So I can not boot it up with another one of the raid drive already in the system? I have to get a new hard drive?
If RAID 5 yes you need a replacement hard disk with the same o larger size of the failed one.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_replace_a_harddrive_in_a_raid5
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-happens-when-hard-disk-fails-in-raid-5/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_replace_a_harddrive_in_a_raid5
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-happens-when-hard-disk-fails-in-raid-5/
Do you know if the system has the DRAC set up? If so you can see the perc setup to see exactly what is going on. Remember a raid 5 set without a hot spare can only lose one drive without data loss, which means you will want to replace the defective drive as soon as possible. I would also consider the addition of a hot spare.
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Yeah. That is what I figured. Was hoping it wasn't that. I will check on it tomorrow and then update the question. Thanks.
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Thanks PowerEdgeTech. Will do that.
Not that we couldn't help you through it here ... it is just MUCH easier to do it with someone on the phone rather than through a forum :)