Remove Raid Disk

[Guest Leon]

Hi

 

We have a 2003 scsi server with 5 raid disks. The system event viewer

displays errors of could not write to disk3 some data might be lost. How do

I remove the disk ?

Do I just physically remove it and will the raid work with 4 disk ? Is it

the same with sata ?

 

Thanks

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Remove Raid Disk

 

Depends on the raid configuration and possibly the controller.

 

 

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"Leon" wrote:

> Hi

>

> We have a 2003 scsi server with 5 raid disks. The system event viewer

> displays errors of could not write to disk3 some data might be lost. How

> do I remove the disk ?

> Do I just physically remove it and will the raid work with 4 disk ? Is it

> the same with sata ?

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest Leon]

Re: Remove Raid Disk

 

What info do you need and how do I find it ?

I never used raid before

 

 

Thanks

 

 

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Depends on the raid configuration and possibly the controller.

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

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> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

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>

> "Leon" wrote:

>> Hi

>>

>> We have a 2003 scsi server with 5 raid disks. The system event viewer

>> displays errors of could not write to disk3 some data might be lost. How

>> do I remove the disk ?

>> Do I just physically remove it and will the raid work with 4 disk ? Is it

>> the same with sata ?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>

[Guest Leythos]

Re: Remove Raid Disk

 

In article <#Z25NEC#IHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>,

leon_cobra@hotmail.com says...

> Hi

>

> We have a 2003 scsi server with 5 raid disks. The system event viewer

> displays errors of could not write to disk3 some data might be lost. How do

> I remove the disk ?

> Do I just physically remove it and will the raid work with 4 disk ? Is it

> the same with sata ?

 

Who built/configured the server?

 

There are just too many variables to tell you a definitive answer.

 

In most cases, when one drive goes bad in a RAID-5, you need to replace

it immediately, if a second drive goes bad you will have a total loss of

all data on that array.

 

Normally you just install another drive in place of the defective one

and the system will automatically rebuild the array, some require manual

rebuild, others only do it when rebooting....

 

Contact your server builder and ask them.

 

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[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Remove Raid Disk

 

I'd get in touch with those that setup the server or at least get some help

from someone that has experience. No offence intended but this isn't

something to trial and error with. It may be as easy as swapping out the bad

disk but generally the operating system isn't aware of the individual disks

that make up a hardware array so I wouldn't know from here exactly what to

make of the message you're seeing.

 

 

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"Leon" wrote:

> What info do you need and how do I find it ?

> I never used raid before

>

>

> Thanks