RAID 5 Maintenance Rebuild Recovery
Failed RAID 5 Rebuild and Recovery
Keep a comprehensive on-site maintenance log of all activities, who did what and on what date.
Make sure you record the physical order, location, time date of install and connection of all the system…
Data Recovery From a Faulty RAID System
The generic tools initially deployed during data recovery procedures are by nature read-only. Does this mean that a data recovery practitioner using these tools cannot in the process of attempting to recover data from a faulty RAID system,…
RAID Set-UP Selection
Selecting a RAID Set-up level
There are two distinct types of drive array referred to, Physical and Logical i.e. A physical drive array is a group of physical hard disk drives. The physical hard disk drives are managed in partitions known as…
RAID 5 Rebuild
Degraded RAID 5
A degraded RAID 5 presents as a system that is unresponsive or whose transaction processing times have become unacceptably protracted and noticeable to its clients. The most common example of a degraded RAID 5 is one with a…
RAID Rebuild Times
High Capacity RAID Systems.
RAID configurations are used to protect against the failure of hard disks, storing data redundantly across a small group of disks. When one disk fails a spare disk is brought into play to rebuild the system either…
How To React In A RAID Data Loss Situation
Find yourself in a situation where you have lost access to the data on your RAID system?
Not sure how to react or what to do?
Here's a few tips to help you through this troubling time.
Don't Panic
Don't allow any disk checking software…
Raid Failures in Server Rooms.
Raid Failures in Server Rooms.
We were recently asked by a major media service provider to comment as to RAID failures in their server room. This subsequent to IGFSS deployment and the release of fire suppressant gas.
Server Room…
