I have an HP DL380p Gen8 server that has 2 Smary Array 420 controllers. Because of space issues I needed to move a pair of drives that were in a RAID1 set from slots 7 & 8 on the left side which was controlled by the 1st RAID card to slots 7 & 8 on the other drive cage that is controlled by the 2nd RAID card. However, after the drives were moved they showed as unassigned so, I shutdown the server moved the drives back to there original location of slots 7 & 8 which is on the 1st Array card now they are showing as unassigned there as well. Is there a way to recover the RAID set on those drives or is the RAID configuration gone?

We have been getting these errors on Physical Disk 4 on our first virtual host:

There was an unrecoverable disk media error during the rebuild or recovery operation: Physical Disk 1:0:4 Controller 0, Connector 1

I did what it said to in the comments which was to swap it out with a new disk. However, after doing this and letting it rebuild, the same error repeats over and over again.

What can I do to stop this? All the lights show as green on the OpenManage console and in the rack itself.

This is a Dell PowerEdge R625 with 4 disks on RAID 5.

i had a nas storage unit and the mother board on the unit died.

i wwas wondering if i purchase another nas storage without the drives will the new unit accept the drives and will ii be able to have access to the data on the drives.

in simple will the new box identify the raid5 and allow me to copy the data off

How do I setup a LUN drive type for a single logical disk using a Raid 1, 1+0 on a HPE ProLiant DL360e Gen8?

I don't see the option in the ACU.   The server comes with 2 sas drives, and 6 sata drives.  I would like to add them all to the same logical disk.  Other servers in our organization are setup with 8 disks/Lun drive type Raid 1, 1+0 (ProLiant DL360P Gen8)

Is this possible on the ProLiant DL360e Gen8?  Is ORCA still available on this model?

Hi there,

We had a power cut and the server come back online and running. Completely fine, however the controller is showing a warning that it is queued for a rebuild however the disks are showing as ok and no failed drives, just the logical disk is ready for rebuild, I rebooted it again and it’s still showing the same, even the diagnostic reports are showing the logical disk as ok and the disks too, nothing obvious is standing out, really odd, it’s not running slower either.

Just can’t get my head around it, any advise would be greatly appreciated

Many Thanks,

Jason

We have a DELL PE R630 server with PERC H730P RAID controller. It has a RAID 1 VD containing Server 2012 R2 Standard. It has 2 more RAID 5 Virtual Drives containing data. Can an additional Virtual Drive be added with a group of new physical hard drives?

Hi

I’ve had two PC’s have an issue where I get the error
From the RAID controller:

RAID -foreign configuration found all drives lost.

The 1st time, not being familiar with the error. I gave the user a new PC, thinking the HD failed.

The 2nd time, I imported the foreign configuration and all seems well.

So my basic question is, does the error:

RAID -foreign configuration found-all drives gone


Mean the drives or controller is failing or unreliable or something else?


Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated


Thank you

The Adaptec Raid Controller Stripes failed for some reason, the controller details are given below. It is a live server, please give any suggestions to fix the problem without data loss. Restoring data on new disk/server is highly complicated.

Controller Model                  : Adaptec 5405


Logical device number 0
   Logical device name                      : DATA
   RAID level                               : 5
   Status of logical device                 : Optimal
   Size                                     : 571382 MB
   Stripe-unit size                         : 256 KB
   Read-cache mode                          : Enabled
   MaxIQ preferred cache setting            : Disabled
   MaxIQ cache setting                      : Disabled
   Write-cache mode                         : Enabled (write-back)
   Write-cache setting                      : Enabled (write-back)
   Partitioned                              : Yes
   Protected by Hot-Spare                   : No
   Bootable                                 : Yes
   Failed stripes                           : Yes
   Power settings                           : Disabled

I have a server 2008 r2 that has a software raid 5 with 4 drives.  I have one drive failing and need to replace it.  Its not in a failed state yet but senses it is failing.  I have seen several horror stories on the process and and want to ensure I get it right the first time.  What is the correct process to do this?  I do not have a extra drive bay so I will have to pull and swap.  Do I need to do this with the server off or do a hot swap?

Again, I don't want to get in to the situation where it is not recoverable and need to know the correct steps to take.

Thanks in advance.

Cecil

I recently got an older server. 6gb RAM, 1x2tb RAID array. 4 core CPU. Literally an old file server.

I upgraded their server and took this one.

It originally came with Server 2008, but I was unable to recover the key (they wiped the drives and it didn't have a sticker on it.

I was wondering of a linux OS with a web-based GUI. I have used Webmin in the past, and I like it, but it doesn't seem to be updated very often.

I want to know if there are any similar to you Webmin that you like to use. I don't really want to hang out in my office staring at a screen and I ain't great with terminal commands (through SSH). I like the module options like in Webmin. I have also tried Cockpit project, but it doesn't have much on it. And ClearOS is not that easy to use when setting up samba share. Amahi, I have the same issues.

What are your recommendations??