Questions tagged [fakeraid]
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How to have a RAID1 accessible from both Ubuntu and Windows?
This topic has been discussed many times, but i didn't find anything specific to my situation.
I would like to create a RAID1 with 2 sata drives (same brand, model,capacity). My objective is to have ...
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Using Intel fakeraid (imsm) on Linux - can I move the drives to a new server?
I'm using Dell Precision T3610 towers as Linux servers for various applications. These have Intel "Rapid Storage Technology" controllers onboard, with a rudimentary RAID functionality, ...
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Booting from firmware-based PCI RAID controller in SeaBIOS
I had a server running Windows 2003 that resided on a RAID5 array formed by Promise FastTrak SX4100, which I thought was hardware-based because of its dedicated processor and buffer memory and its ...
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Getting files out of XFS with 64kb block size
I've been on a mission to recover files from one of my 2 perfectly working, non-corrupted, non-encrypted NAS drives that used to be in RAID 1. The NAS was Patriot Javelin S4, which (as I found from my ...
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Easy way to convert from from IMSM to linux md RAID?
I generally use linux software md raid, but made the mistake of keeping IMSM "fakeraid" on a machine that came with it pre-configured. The fakeraid seeemed appealing because it worked seamlessly with ...
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Software Raid vs Fake Raid on Intel RSTe
I'm using Intel RSTe - a fake raid.
Intel suggests mdraid (which is software raid utility).
Intel does not like dmraid (which is a fake raid utility).
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
Intel says it ...
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Recovering data from a RAID built with fakeraid [closed]
I have (had) a motherboard that supports (supported) fakeraid, which I used to build a RAID 1 with 2 WD Red 1TB. My motherboard died (as you would have guessed already) and now I have 2 options:
Buy ...
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Expand RAID array on HP Dynamic Smart Array B320i controller
I have a few HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 servers that are equipped with the Dynamic Smart Array B320i RAID controller.
One particular system was shipped with a single disk installed instead of a pair of ...
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Cant find my harddrives in ubuntu installation?
I was trying to setup a Microserver with two 1TB harddrives as a software RAID. Somehow it didnt work and now ubuntu 14.04 is not starting. My problem is that I dont see the drives anymore when I go ...
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Kernel panic after boot Centos 6.5 HP DL320 B120i HPVSA
Im working with a new HPDL320 micro server (gen8-2) with a HP Dynamic array B120i
My problem is after the setup.
I provided the DiskDrive to the installer and everything is fine. at first i used kick ...
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CentOS 6.5 not booting after installation on Hp ML310e Gen8
I have experience with Installation and configuration of Windows Server system. I am trying to install CentOS 6.5 on the above mentioned HP box and the installation process goes on without a hitch. ...
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LSI SMC2108 hardware to HBA
I have SMC2108 (LSI controller) hardware controller, which I want to replace with LSI SAS 9207-4i4e (it's HBA - fakeraid). Can I switch the controllers and to access my data (even with readonly). I ...
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installing ubuntu-based distro in a 2tb hard drive (hardware raid)
I'm setting up a server which has got the following configuration:
2tb hard drive (2 drives) raid-1 configured from bios (hardware
raid)
40gb hard drive
I would like to install the swap and the /...
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Install Oracle Linux 6.4 on HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 server
installation does not detect the raid 1 logical drive created from ACU.
the installation shows the two 2T disks, and after the installation is complete, I can not boot up to the system.
I have been ...
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Fakeraid doesn't show up in /dev/mapper [closed]
I have the following setup:
1 256GB SSD / Win8-Ubuntu 13.04 UEFI Dualboot
2x1TB in RAID 1 (Detected and working)
2x4TB in RAID 1 (Not Detected not showing up in /dev/mapper)
The problem is that I ...
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Using software-RAID vs "firmware"-RAID (a.k.a. FakeRAID) [closed]
We recently bought a tower server on which I want to install Debian. I thought the device had hardware RAID, as I could see a BIOS screen. As it turns out, it's still a software RAID. When I configure ...
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Compiling kernel version >= 2.6.34 on CentOS 5: RAID set "ddf1_foo" was not activated?
I want to mount a Ceph FS on some CentOS 5 servers. Since the ceph-fuse failed with below errors:
# ceph-fuse --no-fuse-big-writes -m 192.168.2.15:6789 /mnt/ceph/
ceph-fuse[7528]: starting ceph ...
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Oracle Enterprise Linux installation can't see local disks on HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8
I am installing Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 on HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8. There are 2 300GB disks and they are configured in RAID 1 from ACU. During the installation installator can not see local hard ...
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How to setup fake raid for vmware virtual machines?
I have a vmware esxi 5 running on a server with ssd and two hard drives. The server comes with software lsi megaraid and intel rapid storage raid. Neither of them work with esxi.
I need to somehow ...
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How to Monitor an Adaptec/Intel ICH10R RAID Controller (any SNMP notification options?)
SuperMicro's Super Doctor III is the software I was looking for. It is SuperMicro's equivalent of IBM's ServerGuide or Dell's OpenManage. Unfortunately, while it supports hardware monitoring and SNMP ...
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RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) SATA RAID Controller
RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) SATA RAID Controller
Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device 0007
Is any one know which Linux utility I can install on my ...
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Intel Matrix Storage RAID and Linux mdadm
I've got a 3-disk RAID 5 array that was set up under Windows that I'd like to get working in Linux using mdadm. I've done some basic fakeraid stuff before, but this was set up with the Intel Matrix ...
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Full Recovery of Intel Matrix Software-RAID 1
We have a server running Fedora 8 and Intel's Software RAID in a RAID 1 setup.
One of the disks failed on our server, so I replaced the bad drive and did a "dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb" to copy the ...
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How do I differentiate "fake RAID" from real RAID?
The Ubuntu wiki page on FakeRaid says the following:
[A] number of hardware products ...
claim to be IDE or SATA RAID
controllers... Virtually none of these
are true hardware RAID controllers....
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RAID configuration on ICH9R with 3xHDD for Windows and Linux
I have a MSI P35 Neo2-FIR Motherboard with ICH9R raid chipset. It's not a true hardware RAID solution, it requires software addon to work properly.
There are drivers for Windows and dmraid/fakeraid ...
