Questions about hard disks performance, issues, tips, and related software, e.g. data recovery or disk test software.
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Could SpinRite possibly be messing up my laptop hard drives?
Context:
We have a midsize business with a few dozen laptops. Whenever we get one in because someone leaves or gets an upgrade, standard procedure is to zero and then run SpinRite (level 4) on the ...
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1answer
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Mixing dual and single port SAS disks
I have a HP DL380 G5 with 8x146GB single port SAS SSF disks (DG146ABAB4).
A couple of them have failed and I can't find any new single port disks anymore. They all seem to be dual port. I'm wondering ...
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Change Hard Drive Mounted Location Debian
I just realized my hard drive is mounted to the wrong directory, how many I change the directory in which it is mounted?
Thanks!
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1answer
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smartcheck Possible Hard Drive Failure Soon
I've never had one of these before. Is this bad?
S.M.A.R.T Errors on /dev/sda
From Command: /usr/sbin/smartctl -q errorsonly -H -l selftest -l error /dev/sda
ATA Error Count: 17 (device log contains ...
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2answers
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How create ghost images and copy to many drives [closed]
I am looking for the cleanest and most reliable solution to create ghost images of a windows 7 based machine and copy these images to multiple hard drives.
I am looking for the software needed to ...
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1answer
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Hard drive space managed like virtual memory?
I'm wondering if this is possible and if there's an implementation of this concept:
Imagine that I have a 1 GB RAM disk, a 1 TB internal hard drive and a 10 TB NAS on my LAN. Would it be possible to ...
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2answers
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Centos server migrate to larger disk
I have a centos server that runs a whm/cpanel with mysql, apache, bind and email daemons. The server now has 95% of the server disk full. It is a dell poweredge 1950 with 2 spaces for SAS disks. I ...
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1answer
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Which process is eating my hard drives?
Today, after I logged in with ssh, I see a lot of lag on my FreeBSD server.
Something is eating 100% of my both hard drives (RAID1 with gmirror).
systat -vmstat
5 users Load 0,06 0,16 ...
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1answer
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Install old c hard drive as secondary drive in other computer [closed]
I am planning on taking a c hard drive from a computer I am no longer using and adding it to another computer as a secondary hard drive for more space. The old computer was windows vista and the ...
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1answer
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Put mdadm raid's HDDs in standby after X minutes [closed]
I have a RAID setup using mdadm with 4 harddrives. The server should not always run the harddrives, so I searched for a solution to put HDDs in standby and found this:
hdparm -S 240 /dev/sda
which ...
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2answers
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RAID 5 with hot spare or RAID 6 for Production System running two virtual Servers
We are buying a dual hex core ibm x3650 with 64 GB RAM and 7x300 GB HDD. This server is hosting two virtual servers, web server and database server. I am using Double take high availability to ...
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0answers
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Hard disk lifespan [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Does an unplugged hard drive used for data archival deteriorate?
in your honest opinion how long can a sealed hard drive last on the shelf unused? I mean, fully write ...
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Why do you have to rebuild RAID-1? [closed]
If RAID-1 is an exact mirror copy, why must you do a "rebuild" on a RAID-1 drive after the primary drive fails? Will the system suffer from any downtime if the primary drive fails?
Are there any ...
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0answers
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Prevent frequent (every 20 seconds) SCSI hard disk drive access in 10.7? [migrated]
In a Lion Server (10.7.3 and 10.7.4 tried) system with multiple drives attached to an HPT SATA controller, there is some process that keeps accessing the hard disk drives exactly every 20 seconds. As ...
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How Bad is this Hard Drive? [closed]
Just got a new PC, and of course one of the first things I do is run Spinrite. It's only about 10% complete (running at level 5) but I already see 9,422,938 "ecc corrected" errors and 202,836 "seek ...
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4answers
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how to use a disk with high reallocated sector count?
After 3 years in 24x7 service a 1TB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 enterprise drive is showing signs of failure. S.M.A.R.T. reallocated sector count is high.
Wikipedia article suggests that the drive can ...
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0answers
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Disk or CPU/RAM failure ? I can't figure it out
i'm having big trouble accessing my production servers (runnung xen); i recently bought brand new Western Digital (WD5000AAKX 500Gb) drives to replace the old drives; re-installed the system as it ...
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3answers
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Replacing a Hard Disk with a clone fails
I just cloned a disk (A) using dd into the same kind of disk (B):
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
Now, I want to boot the server with new disk (B) instead of old (A). But i getting an error during ...
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0answers
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How do I narrow down on my disk requirement? [closed]
My application has a requirement to write 10 KBPS to disk for about an hour (about a million records). What other factors should I consider to converge on a spec?
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1answer
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How to create a boot hdd and copy windows files onto it?
I have a zip archive containing installed windows xp embedded operating system.
How can I copy files onto HDD to make it bootable?
I went to disk part, converted hdd to mbr, created primary active ...
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Accessing external HDD on different computers with the same path [migrated]
I have a external HDD and have a folder in it called icons which stores all the custom icons (yes, I'm nostalgiac!) for the different folders on my drive. But when I open my hard-drive on a different ...
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2answers
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HP Proliant DL180 G5 server treats 3-TB SATA disks as 750-GB ones
I have this HP Proliant DL180 G5 server, running with the embedded RAID controller (no Smart Array); with this configuration, it only supports 4 SATA disks. Fine.
The server has 2 250-GB SATA disks; ...
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0answers
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Adding a file server or adding SAS to our current server: weak hard disk performance of our current server?
Our server now has 2 hard disk SATA RAID 0, I tested the performance of the server and it is clear that the problem is in the performance of the hard disk,
we have 50 pcs, 35 ones use shared folders ...
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1answer
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Any performance difference to identical spec of LFF disks vs SFF disks?
Example:
HP 146GB LFF 6G SAS 15k
vs
HP 146GB SFF 6G SAS 15K
bit-size, cache, interface speed and rpms are the same, physical size is obviously different -- what about actual real life tested ...
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1answer
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CentOS 5 in VirtualBox 4.1 shows 0 as disk free space
I just installed a brand new centos 5.8 64bit on virtualbox 4.1.10 with guest additions installed
I gave it a dynamically allocated 8gb hard drive. It is currently using only 3.9gb of that.
However, ...
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1answer
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Will my server's hard drive fail/break if it's writing 5 bytes 111,000 times a minute? [closed]
I have a script that's calculating different combinations for my website for a project I'm working on. It's writing 5 bytes to one file and then erasing it and writing to it again over and over. It ...
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3answers
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What would happen if I did a raid on a SSD and an HDD?
I am building another server (cheap) and would like to go with a 256GB SSD drive for my boot and data. This will be enough for my needs, but just having one SSD scares me for a couple of reasons.
If ...
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3answers
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Vertex 2 SSD Freezing 60 seconds at a time
I have a OCZ Vertex 2 SSD that I've been using for a few years in a Win2k8 64-bit "Server" (Dell Precision M4300). Every few weeks it gets in a mood during which it temporarily freezes very often for ...
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1answer
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Does the order of SAS drive matter when installing old drives?
I have an old ibm server with 12 hard drive bays, 4 of which are used (SAS 72gig drives), and configured in a raid 1 array. The server will be sent away for repairs, when it comes back, do I need to ...
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1answer
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Server hard disk read speed and client download speed, is there a connection? [closed]
Ok so a client's download speed is only as fast as a server's upload speed, and vice versa. Based on the answers to this post:
Does upload speed depend upon download speed of the server?
In other ...
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I think my HD is failing. How can I confirm whether or not it is? [closed]
My computer recently started to hang during common everyday use and it seems to be getting worse. It doesn't just completely stop functioning though as I can still move my mouse around. Originally, I ...
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2answers
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HP SAS hdd in non-HP server
I wonder if I could re-use some HP SAS drive in a non-HP server.
Description:
146GB 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SFF
3G Single Port Hot-Plug 10K HDD
Option Part# 431958-B21
Spare Part# 432320-001
...
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Ubuntu 11.04: FW400 drive won't remount on reboot
Ok, still a *nix n00b, and the answer is likely staring me in the face. Please be patient.
Problem
FW400 external drive will not mount on system reboot. FW cable needs to be disconnected and ...
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Win 7 free disk space have been lost [closed]
I have a disk 500 Gb. I have selected all my files on this disk (hidden are included) and I see the common size of files about 27 Gb. Also I see my hard disks view and windows displays that the free ...
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1answer
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windows 7 disk queue (hangs)
I installed a new HD into a machine and reinstalled Win7 Pro.
The computer is unusable. Every 30 seconds to a minute, the computer completely hangs. Memory never goes above 15%; minimal CPU usage. ...
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3answers
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Tests for hard drive health
I have a 5-year old hard drive (bought new at the time), but it was sitting in my closet for 5 years, unused. I have just started using it, and seems to be getting a whirring sound (rather distinct ...
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1answer
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How to rebuild gmirror from bad hard drive
On my freebsd box
$uname -rms
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p5 i386
hard disk want to die.
smartd daemon write in log:
Mar 29 21:25:04 smartd[935]: Device: /dev/ad7, 10 Currently unreadable (pending) ...
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4answers
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What is a useful “transfer large things” method/medium? [closed]
Other than through the network, what does everyone use for transferring things like system images or very large files?
For example, external case+hard drive like a myBook. Or, extremely large ...
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4answers
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Hooking up many different external HDs simultaneously
I need a large amount of external storage for an upcoming project. I'm planning on purchasing 10 2TB external drives. I need them all hooked up to a single machine at the same time. What issues ...
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1answer
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Creating GPT partitions on EFI raw disk using diskpart
I've got a raw, blank GPT disk for use in a UEFI system. I need to create the partitions on it using diskpart. The only tutorial I've found so far is for diskpart.efi, which I believe is slightly ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to clone or extract hard drive firmware?
We have two identical (hardware) drives, each with different firmware. Would it be possible to clone or extract the firmware from one drive to the other? I've not come across any documentation that ...
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2answers
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MegaRaid damaging disk by set a drive to “Offline”?
I wanted to test performance in a RAID10 with a "damaged drive". To simulate this situation I've set a single drive to "Offline" by using this command:
MegaCli -PDOffline -PhysDrv [45:12] -aAll
The ...
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2answers
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Drive stopped working on windows server 2003 and I receive a “controller error”
I can access the server in safe mode.
I have a Proliant 360 Hp server with Windows server 2003 R2.
The event viewer is completely filled up with this error:
the driver detected a controller error on ...
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2answers
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Worth it to move /var to physical disk vs logical?
Brief question about partition layout. I use an SSD for /, /boot, /usr, & /home partitions. I'd like to move /var to a mechanical disk to minimize writes to the SSD. I'm mainly concerned about ...
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Is there a way to get 3TB drives to work with Perc 6/i? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Dell Perc 6/i and 3TB drives?
I see they're not officially supported: Dell Perc 6/i and 3TB drives?
(Unless something has changed.)
I'm wondering if there's a way to ...
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1answer
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Convert to dynamic disk / option disabled
I'm trying to setup a software RAID-1 at a new hosted server. It has two 3TB disks in and I've installed a fresh copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition with SP1 on one of those disks.
A ...
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2answers
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Re-label Windows Volumes to get round re-creating all shares
I am in the process of migrating all the data from one (1 TB) volume (not C:) on an AD server to a new 4 TB one. I have copied all the data including the FolderRedirection and Profile stuff as well as ...
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3answers
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Figuring out what's filling up my hard disks [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What are good tools to show disk usage (for Windows)?
In brief, I have a system with several hard disks, and although we install everything on the extra (internal) ...
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1answer
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Hard drive performance in small-sized server+RAID 5 [closed]
Disclaimer: I'm an undergraduate intern and this is my first server build
I've been asked to build a small server for our team around the office. We are trying to maximize space (our motherboard has ...
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2answers
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What should the total space be for 4 3TB Drives in RAID10 configuration?
I just configured 4 3TB drives in a RAID-10 configuration but the total disk space in the RAID is 4TB. I used the following guide to setup the RAID-10, RAID-10 Intall. Shouldn't the size if the ...
