By: Gerald
@sharmil RAID-0 – 4 x 300GB = 1200GB Useable BUT no redundancy RAID-1 – Normally only 2 disks supported – 1 x D+D = 300 GB useable RAID-5 – 3D+1D = 900GB Useable ( not recommended if disks over 500GB)...
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#Gerald or anyone else. Can you please tell me if the following will work; i just want to have more space for my CCTV to record (windows based), Can i use a 120GB Solid State Drive for my OS (where my...
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The first problem with using RAID-0 is that there is no redundancy, so if one disk fails you have lost all your data. The second problem is that with disks that size RAID-5 is not recommended due to...
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Hi Gerald, I had a server with 3 1TB HD, planning to have raid5 configuration. My question is, what raid will you recommend for me? because you’d said that it is not recommended if disks over 500GB....
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Jons, 3 Disks makes it difficult, You can either do RAID-1 with a spare or add another disk and go RAID10, RAID-6 needs a minimum of 4 disks, both solutions will reduce utilisation to 50%
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Can you elaborate to us if what is the use of RAID 10? So that I can understand clearly.
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@Jess – The size of a RAID-1 volume can only be as big as the size of the disks being used e.g 1TB, but if you require a 10TB volume the only way to get the capacity, the redundancy and the performance...
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I’m currently looking at a RAID-0 setup using 2 x 256gb SSD’s, (data security – not a problem), but the question I have is with expansion at a later date. If I want to add a 3rd drive to the RAID can...
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Thank’s for your article…, this is very usefull to help me about the different of raid 0,1 and raid 5
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Hi I have a couple of questions with regards to RAID 10 configs. If for example i had a 10 disk raid 10 setup, if i pulled 1 of the mirrorsets (2 disks) would this result in data loss? Also is there a...
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@Morty I am sure by now you must have configured your RAID, I do the same kind of work and We use 20 Bay NAS with multiple volumes and every volume configured in RAID 5. Hope this helps, good luck.
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What happens of the RAID controller fails and not the drives? Is all the data lost? I have done some reading and it appears that one cannot simply switch a set of RAID disks from one hardware RAID...
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My Buffalo Product: Network Storage (NAS) Operating System: Windows 7 Connection Type: Wireless Model number is Model: LS-WX2.0TL/R is running RAID 1. Can you tell me the steps for changing it to RAID...
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I have a DELL server with 2 x 500Gb and 5 x 2Tb for use as a Database server. My thinking is: The 2 x 500 Gb would be appropriate for the OS software with Raid 1 config. The 5 x 2Tb could be configured...
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So let me get this straight, a Raid 10 works minimum of 4 Disks, and that will make 2 mirror sets 2 disks in each mirror? so if you added another 2 disks would it then create 3 mirror sets or will it...
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Hi I have IBM server and installed OS server 2012 r2. First time installing raid 1 configured but motherboard is changed so raid not configured. Is it possible raid configured without any problem and...
View ArticleBy: Oliver Powell
Thanks for an informative post. I feel glad to read about the types of RAID. Really helpful blog.
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