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RAID-6: better to replace two dead drives at the same time, or one at a time?
We have a 16-drive RAID-6 that has three problem drives. Two are already dead, and the third is giving SMART warnings. (Nevermind how it got in such a bad state.)
Obviously we want to replace the ...
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Replacing a dead hard drive in RAID 5 with a different type
One of the drives failed in my server configured with RAID 5, and I can't find a exact replacement. From my understanding, RAID 5 supports drives with different sizes. Is this safe? Any ...
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Replacing an ATA-100 hard drive
I was instructed to replace the hard drive in an old laptop, a Dell Latitude D505. I'm suspecting that there was a head crash when someone moved the laptop while it was turned on. In the ...
