Saving RAID configuration to drives

Yes, it just does this. It requires no intervention on your part.

I have a server that I use for bare metal restore testing (I do this weekly) that I am constantly changing the drive configurations on to match the original system. I would like to have one RAID 1 drive that I can keep intact to boot the server for whatever reason (doesn't matter)
Is there a way I can save the config to the drives then remove those drives for safekeeping then say 3 weeks down the road I delete all existing disks, insert my 2 drives, import the settings from the drives to the controller then obviously boot into whatever OS I have on those 2 disks.
The server in question is a Dell PowerEdge T420 and has a H310 mini and an H710 mini (I will be using the 310 for this purpose)
If you need more info please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Hi everyone,
I have a Mac Mini with Mac OS X Server. I am figuring out if it is possible to setup RAID with 3 hard disks.
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Yes this is entirely possible. Whether it's advisable is another question? If this was the main production server with all services enabled and a company's business depending on it I would not do it. Only my opinion though and seeing as it's your server, you do what you want. If this is going to be a lightly used server why not and give it a go?
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Cost of SATA HDs ordered with S10? RAID configuration cost?

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Using RAID 1 Hard Drive as an encrypted Time Machine Disk???

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"LacCie 4TB 2 big Thunderbolt Raid Hard Drive
Written by Alexander S from Calgary
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Hey Guys!
Impressive, very quiet, in fact the quietest of all the drives I had. The speed increase is nice too, but of course, if the source is slower, you won't benefit from the speed that it is capable. Quiet is worth the price.
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VM Server installer does not recognize RAID configuration in Intel ESRT2

Hello,
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I'm wondering what is the best practice for RAID configuration. Looking for examples of a 4 disk and 6 disk setups. Also, which drives to pull when breaking the mirror.
Is it possible to have a RAID 1+0 for 4/6 drives and have the mirroring set so that you would pull the top or bottom drives on a MCS 7835/7845?
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After much research on RAID, both on and off the Apple site, I am still looking for answers. I searched RAID threads for thoughts on some of the top users in the Forum so I apologize, I am sure some of this seems old hat to you old Pros.
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Hatter's idea of a PC/Mac compatible NAS sounds good; very easy and affordable to implement. I only wonder about the speed, if you will be transferring large video files, and have multiple users connected at once (although if hatter recommended it, I'm sure it's fine). If you do go the NAS route though, make sure you have a gigabit network running. If you have any old computer system laying around (pc or mac), you can also configure that very easily as a server. Add hard drives or external enclosures for space. If it's a spare mac, and you have tiger 10.4, the app sharepoints works very well.
The PVR can be done on the Mac pro; keep it with the "video editing" system.
In regards to Raid card stability, I believe you were looking at the "Apple Raid Card" for the mac pro. Yes, there have been many problems with it regarding the battery. However this is pertaining to only the Apple raid card, NOT hardware raid in general.
There are other companies that put out very solid raid cards. Check the before link to www.amug.org, they are a great resource of raid info. On my setup, I use an ATTO Card connected to a D800RAID from Sonnet (mine is the previous model).
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiondx800raid.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ATTO/ESASR380000/
Also, before even attempting raid, get a good grasp on it.
http://www.acnc.com/040100.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
Note RAID 5 needs Hardware Raid. Also if hardware raid is too expensive, you can also go with esata enclosures. This sonnet enclosure with esata card for example:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiond500p.html
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/temposatae4p.html
More affordable, with great performance. Use for Raid 0 scratch, temp files.

Mac Pro RAID configuration advice needed to address photography workflow

I am a semi-professional photographer and I am moving off a Windows machine and over to a Mac Pro.
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I am considering setting up drive #1 as a stand alone boot drive. The second and third drives would be set up in a RAID 0 config and the 4th drive set up as a RAID 1 drive which would mirror the content on my RAID 0 set of drives to automatically backup the content on drives 2 & 3.
I think it would be beneficial if I describe my image processing workflow briefly so that you can understand why I am considering this RAID configuration (I've never set up a RAID configuration in the past so this is all new to me).
Image Processing Workflow
It isn't uncommon for me to return from a photo shoot with an 8GB Compact Flash card full (approx 750 8mb RAW files).
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6) Once drive #4 (and the external drive) is nearly filled I would pull both and archive them and replace both with fresh drives.
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For the purposes of 500GB drives in RAID, I would go with WD RE2. they format to 465GB and performance falls off @ 65% and beyond anyway.
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Memory: 4GB is pretty much minimum but using more than 8GB isn't efficient. Ideal: 4 x 2GB.
Shame that the Hitachi 1TB drive costs over $399 for now, fast and might be better than 10K Raptor. There are also 750GB drives for $249, but the RE2 isn't quite ready to ship.
Never want to get into using 75% or more usually, though large (8-20 drives) RAIDs can hold sustained I/O for video editing and multiple streams.
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About to reformat my WD "My Book Mirror Edition" to use on my iMac. I hope to also install on my iMac "Virtual Box", "VM Fusion", or "Parallels" and then run a few windows products. Which RAID configuration should I choose in the WD "drive configurations" box?

If I were you I'd run any Virtual Machine directly on your iMac, not on a "WD My Book Mirror Edition", in particular not when connected through USB 2.0.
To store data, the WD is fine.
For the RAID options:
RAID 0 ("striping") : if you want something fast (insofar this is possible with a USB connection). Note that when one of your disks fails you can say goodbye to all your data.
RAID 1 ("mirroring"): more safe. If one disk fails, the data are recoverable as they are on the other disk as well. Disadvantage is you get only half the storage capacity compared to RAID 0.
Oh. my personal recommendation: RAID 1 is not an alternative to making a backup. So whatever option you choose: if you store valuable data on the disk that are nowehere else: back them up!
On formats:
HFS+ : definitely recommended if you only use the RAID array on the Mac.
FAT 32: if you also use it on a Windows machine. Note that files cannot be larger than 4 GB in this case.
Hope this helps.
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Best practice for configuring virtual drive on UCS

Hi,
I have two C210 M2 Server with LSI 6G MegaRAID 9261-8i Card with 10 hard drives of each 135GB. When I tried the automatic selection for the RAID configuration, the system has created one virtual drive with RAID 6. My concern is what the best practice to configure virtual drive? Is it RAID 1 and RAID5 or all in one drive with RAID6? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Since you are planning to have UC apps on the server, Voice applications have specified their recommendations here.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Tested_Reference_Configurations_%28TRC%29
I believe your C210 server specs could be matching TRC #1, where you need to have
RAID 1 - First two HDDs for VMware
RAID 5 - Remaining 8 HDDs as datastore for virtual machines ( CUCM and CUC )
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Best Raid Configuration for a 8-1tb hhd server

Hi All,
I have been trying to figure out what would be the best raid configuration for my Windows 2012 essentials server. So I was wondering if I could get some advise on this. Here is what I would like to get out of this configuration.
I would like to split the 8-1tb drives into 2 VHD one with about 300gb for the OS to be installed on, and the rest to be use for storage. I want like to have good redundancy, fairly good read & write capabilities.
I will be using this server for a Small Web Page and Game Hosting, Email Exchange, Critical Application hosting.
I would like the ability to enlarge the overall raid storage by swapping out my 1Tb drives with 2Tb or larger as the need for more storage arises.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
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You may be better of using Storage spaces and not using raid at all.
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Error in RAID Configuration

Now I am receiving this message: Your device My Passport (S/N: ***************) has RAID configuration issues.Please launch the WD Drive Utilities software to get more information. My options are to click on run wd drive utilities which i uninstalled...

Am experiencing exactly the same problem that e_silio describes on my MacBook Pro (late 2008 running Yosemite 10.10.4). I also have a DROBO (a "better-than-RAID" backup system) attached to Firewire port on which I have my Time Machine and an Archive partition. With the WD software installed the drive mounts for about 10 seconds then dismounts and the LED goes off. With the WD software uninstalled the drive mounts, then dismounts but LED continues powered (blinking), and the "Error in RAID Configuration" popup displays as already described. However, when I dismount the DROBO, uninstall the WD software <reboot>, the drive stays mounted! BUT... When I install the WD Drive Utilities, let the app update to the current version (2.0.2.18 May 19, 2015), and run the "Quick Drive Test", THEN the drive dismounts. Now, disconnect the drive and re-connect: it remounts four about a minute and then dismounts again. Uninstall WD Drive Utilities, reconnect the drive, then the "Error in Raid..." message returns. (The DROBO is still disconnected from the computer). It is quite frustrating to need to fuss with such a basic device.

A Quick Question: RAID Configuration

Hi Guys
Following on from Greg's thread on an optimum system, I'm having my PC upgraded this afternoon by a visiting engineer (current specs below). RAM is being increased to 12gb and my cheap ATI Radeon video card is being replaced by a Nvidia FX3800.
My question is; I'm having a 3rd HDD installed as well and then have the 3 discs configured in a RAID format. I know there are a couple of versions ('0', etc) and I wonder what people's views are on the most reliable type of RAID?
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OS Name        Windows 7
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System Model EX58-UD4P
System Type   x64-based PC
Intel i7
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Processor         EM64T Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2665 Mhz
Processor         EM64T Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2665 Mhz
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SMBIOS Version       2.4
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Now Harm, you've really piqued my curioisty with this last reply. I just today received two WD Caviar Black 640GB hard drives to set up in a simple RAID 0 arrangement running off the motherboard. Already have 'em in the computer case. I've been working on my computer for three weeks, upgrading as I could, and planned to finally get up-n-running with CS5 tomorrow.
I figured all was about to be rosy here with my Canon T2i and its AVCHD clips, because I was planning on using NeoScene to convert my highly compressed footage to something more processor friendly. It didn't occur to me that NeoScene might transcode to a format that overwhelms a two-disk RAID 0. Improve one problem and create another?
Seemingly, native AVCHD clips only require about 5 MB/sec from a hard drive, so getting multiple layers coming off the drive(s) isn't an issue with AVCHD. The problem is that the CPU I have - AMD Phenom II 955 - can't decode them fast enough. Clearly, it would be better to migrate to an i7 platform, but I don't have the money or time to do it this summer. In the meantime, I'm kicking around with one of my AMD computers I built for less taxing school usage this past spring. As of today, I have a simple RAID planned that should bump my disk transfer rates up past 160MB/sec. It's my first RAID setup so I'm pretty excited.
Should I be planning for rain on this picnic?
With a RAID 0 and transcoded NeoScene footage, I figured I would have a drive system able to deliver to the CPU fast enough and clips that not only are more digestible, but have the improved color space of 4:2:2 that comes from the NeoScene transcode. I was hoping to get at least four or five layers going with the GTX 480 card I got on sale last month (another piece for the i7 if needed). I plan on doing a LOT of chroma keying, and from what I read, the NeoScene transcode will improve our work in Ultra. Don't really know, but this is what I glean from other posts and the Cineform website.
From another of your posts, I take it my CPU won't get close to saturating this fast video card. But the price was right and I have my eye to the future.
I have a four disk setup planned:
* 1TB Caviar Green for OS/Programs (already had this as my main disk, and drive charts show it hanging tough in middle of the pack)
* 750GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 for scratch disk (also had this one lying around, but was a top performer 18 months ago)
* A pair of 640GB (32MB cache, twin processor) Caviar Blacks as mentioned for RAID 0. Drive charts still show this two year old design working in top quarter of range.
OK Harm, here are my two questions:
1) I can leave my AVCHD clips as-is and watch my processor choke on them, I suppose. Even the GTX 480 can't fix this, nor will sending these clips faster yet to the CPU.
Or, I can transcode to something my weak CPU can work with. Time lost transcoding and a pain, but still part of the learning process and perhaps a good stop-gap measure until I can afford a better platform.
2) NeoScene was my choice from the smattering of things I have found that describe workarounds on the AVCHD compression problem. This could have been $130 towards a better computer, but the aspect of get 4:2:2 color sounds good to my inexperienced ear. Maybe a good idea on its own and a decent fix to the AVCHD choking problem.
Do you have an opinion on this plan/equipment setup?
Do you know of a better transcode from AVCHD that makes for mid-sized files that are easier on a CPU but still manageable by a basic RAID 0 arrangement?

Need Help W/ Raid Configuration

I NEED HELP W/ MY RAID CONFIGURATION.
I HAVE THE K7N2 DELTA-ILSR MOBO W/ A XP2600+, I HAVE TWO 40 GIG HARDDRIVES THAT I WANT TO RAID 0 TOGHTER.
I HAVEN'T FOUND IN THE MANUALL HOW TO SET UP THE RAID ARREY, I DONT NO HOW TO SET THE DRIVER AS FAR AS SLAVE/MASTER SETTINGS, WITCH ONE NEEDS TO GO TO WITCH CHANNEL ( PRIMARY/SECONDARY/CS).
- EVERY TIME THAT I SET IT UP THE ARREY IS SHOWING ONLY 1 DRIVE, I BELIVE THAT RAID 0 SHOULD HAVE BOTH OF THE DRIVES AS 1 BIG DRIVE, CAN SOME ONE HELP ME W/ INSTARUCTIONS HOW TO CREATE THIS ARREY?
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I had RAID 0 set on my system. I used the MSI Live Update software to update my RAID controller because it said it needed it. It hung up in the middle of the update, so I let it sit for 24 hours. Finally I rebooted, & now it won't even see the drives. If you go with RAID 0, back up your data, and keep it backed up!!! I will say this, while it worked, it was really really fast!!! In order to make my RAID work (while it lasted) I used two SATA drives. I believe you can also use one ATA & 1 SATA instead of two SATA drives. If you use 1 ATA drive, set it to master & connect to IDE 3. This will be the only drive on that cable. During the boot up, you have to follow the prompt & press to enter the FastBuild (tm) Utility. Once there, you can choose Auto Setup & it will do the work for you. I must re-iterate, KEEP YOUR DATA BACKED UP!!!!!! I hope this helps. Good luck!
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