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  1. RAIDGoblin

    Build Advice [Build Log] Sleeper PC with RAID 1 array

    I thought a build log would be a fun idea, so here goes... let me know if I posted it in the wrong place or with the wrong prefix or something, I wasn't sure? [Build Log] Entry 1: Years ago I built my first PC from hand-me-down parts, it cost me almost nothing and it worked: ^cables look a...
  2. Jack John

    [SOLVED] Need help setting up RAID 01 in a windows machine.

    Circumstances: Windows already installed on M.2 Drive. Want to create a new RAID01 set-up with two 4TD HDDs. Setup in the BIOS is completed successfully. Hardware: Aorus X570 Wifi Elite, Ryzen 5 3600, WD500GB NVME, 2 4TB WDHDDs, 1TB WDSSD, Sapphire 5600x, Some Ram a PSU. Issues: Windows 10...
  3. I

    Question HDD Raid 0 frozen for writing for ~30 seconds on big files ?

    Hello. I have a several raids: RAID 0 SAS HDDs (each connected via 6Gb -- SAS-2). And 5+0 raid of SATA HDDs. Both raids provide good read performance, but when I write to them, they start at insanely high speed (~1GB per second!). After some time, they become stuck for ~30 seconds. And then...
  4. ismail783

    [SOLVED] Custom RAID 6 Storage With 6 x 3.5 SATA HDD Hot Swap USB 3.1 Gen2

    I am very new to RAID. As far I know RAID 6 can withstand two disk failures at one time. This is what I want. I heard that modern RAID controllers store metadata on the HDD so we can easily replace one controller with another. I need a controller that I can swap easily without loosing data...
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    [SOLVED] Additional RAM (RAID ERROR)

    After adding another ram (KINGSTON HX426C16FB2/8 DDR4 2666MHZ 8GB RAM) this error occurs. View: https://twitter.com/aljonaticsss/status/1335184550809333763/photo/1 Already tried to look for the RAID in the BIOS but the only option there is the AHCI and Intel RST with Intel Optane System...
  6. 0

    [SOLVED] hp 14s fr0012au - RAID possible?

    I bought a new laptop hp 14s fr0012au https://store.hp.com/in-en/default/hp-laptop-14s-fr0012au-275h7pa.html I opened the back and checked if there is any space to add another drive other than the 512 GB M.2 There is space to add another SSD, but no space for M.2 I wanted to connect the SSD...
  7. Cam1972

    [SOLVED] Ssd Raid for Home Media Server

    I have a home media server running Mezzmo on a pc not on a naz. It has 2 5tb 2.5" drives It runs on a samsung evo m.2 ssd. The problem is when copying files from my main pc to the server connected via (fiber so there is no speed limitations there) it is to slow. I am wondering if i can raid my...
  8. G

    [SOLVED] raid on an old asus maximus viii hero z170

    i bought 4/5 years ago my asus z170 maximus viii hero witch has one only m.2 slot. now i'm wandering i could anyways configure 2 nvme ssds in raid 0 and boot into it; the first one in the m.2 slot of the motherboard and the second one in the third pcie slot (pcie x4 gen3) with an adapter like...
  9. M

    [SOLVED] Moving Raid 0 disks to a new PC

    Hi everyone, I have an old XPS 8100 which I changed approximately upgraded most of it over years and now it is the time to upgrade the motherboard and the CPU. The current processor is i7-860 with the default motherboard of this model. I have done the following changes through the years...
  10. L

    [SOLVED] Rebuilding Raid 1

    Good evening guys Im sorry if this has been posted before but Ive look on here but unable to find what I'm looking for. I have a marvell 9230 raid card. It's setup with 2 x 4tb drives in a raid 1. I also have another usb drive which has a weekly backup of the raid. Now one of the...
  11. gamerbrehdy

    [SOLVED] Recommend RAID-CPU & general questions.

    I am currently running a YouTube-channel. Not much, around 35 subs. But ALL of my content (used videomaterial, sfx, vfx, video-images and finished video-exports) are stored on a 500GB 7200RPM HDD (2.5”). The drive is partially used by the raw videomaterial (220GB allready! I made just 10...
  12. H

    Question Nothing sees Virtual Drives, can't install Windows to them. Help please?

    I'm working on a home-NAS and bought a Lenovo Serveraid M5110 to server as a RAID controller. The MOBO and CPU are from a DELL OPTIPLEX 7010, I3-3220. As of now I can access WebBios fine, and have setup a virtual disk from one hard drive as a test. It's set as the primary boot device as well...
  13. T

    [SOLVED] Windows won't boot from USB or repair disk.

    PLEASE HELP! NEED A WORKING PC AGAIN 😓 I'd appreciate any help so much, I recently formatted my two SSDs in order to configure them in RAID 0 then install windows on the array. I created the array successfully but when I went to re install the OS, it wouldn't boot from the USB boot media I...
  14. M

    [SOLVED] Disabled SATA ports when configuring RAID - MSI X570

    MB: MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Storage: One 500 MB M.2 SSD in slot 1 + four 2.5" 2TB SSD RAM: 4 x 16GB DDR4 3200 OS: None yet. Will be Windows 10. I'm attempting to configure this build using the M.2 drive as the OS drive in slot 1 and the four SSD drives as a RAID 10...
  15. D

    [SOLVED] RAID0 array shows up as separate drives when installing Windows 10

    I'm trying to install Windows 10 on two 1TB Intel 660p NVMe drives. The motherboard is the ROG STRIX X570F Gaming. I have created the array in BIOS (latest version), changed the SATA mode to RAID, enabled NVMe RAID, disabled CSM launching. When installing Windows, the two drives show up...
  16. sds20020024

    [SOLVED] How many 16TB hard drives can a Threadripper 3970x server with 256GB ram handle?

    Hi everyone, first timer here. The title pretty much says it all. I've been considering building a storage server myself, with these components: Server case: Norco RPC-4244 ( https://www.newegg.com/norco-rpc-4224/p/N82E16811219038 ) CPU: AMD Threadripper 3970x (32core/64thread) GPU: Gtx 1050 (...
  17. gtsolid

    [SOLVED] RAID1 and disaster recovery

    Hi, I configured a RAID 1 using a LSI board MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i I've also installed MegaRAID storage manager. In the case an HDD breaks, what would be the procedure to recover data from the other HDD?
  18. C

    [SOLVED] Second nvme drive not showing when set to raid

    so i previously built a semi new rig and when board is srt to raid mode the second nvme drive is no longer detected. Im aiming to set both drives in raid 0 but this has stopped me from doing so. Pcie raid mode is also enabled for m.2 raid but still same result with only 1 nvme drive detected...
  19. DrDaNkk

    Question RAID - PC randomly freezes and mouse still moves.

    This issue has been documented many times on the internet, here's a link to the issue happening on Windows 7. But, the twist with my PC is the issue is occurring on a RAID array, meaning all known solutions are futile. Could anybody provide any suggestions on how I could solve this? Edit: The...
  20. A

    Question Possible raid 0 ssd failure

    Hello, I've been until recently using a Windows 10 PC with a raid 0 using 2 Samsung 512GB PM981 NVME drives. Recently I decided to upgrade the RAM from a single 16GB stick to two 32GB ones (G. Skill Ripjaws 32GB. Upon starting up the computer with the new RAM, it started freezing a few minutes...
  21. D

    [SOLVED] DIY NAS Build questions

    Hi, I'm considering a custom DIY NAS build solution and would appreciate your help. My needs: storage for family photos and videos, more than 15 years worth of photos and videos (currently on different external devices, backed up but it is becoming a mess to keep track of everything and...
  22. velocci

    Question Storage Strategy - opinions

    Hi all, I'm thinking of buying a NAS to store my data of varying importance. What do you think of this strategy, I would buy a NAS with 5 bays for example. I would use 3 or 4 of the bays in a raid 5 configuration and when money allows I would put a large hardrive in the last bay and keep a...
  23. K

    Question How do I change Windows 10 from AHCI to AMD RAID?

    Emphasis on the AMD. I have found dozens of articles that state that you either need to boot into safe boot and let Windows install the driver or you enable the driver by altering a few registry entries from a '3' to a '0' (iaStor, iaStorSVC, ahciStor, etc), some articles state that you need to...
  24. T

    [SOLVED] Raid solution for small medical office server cont

    I've been building pcs for years. Not experieced in raid arrays I am replacing the win10pro server in my good friend's small med office (HIPAA compliant) and would like to raid 1 the single boot/storage drive for DRIVE redundancy, in cart is: dell Optiplex MINITOWER 7070 i5-8500 win10pro...
  25. PeppermintFangs

    [SOLVED] External Storage for Video Editing

    Hi all! My question is two-fold... 1: I'm trying to find the cheapest way to store my raw editing footage (I'm expecting to have 10TB of footage, give or take) in an external enclosure. It seems that RAID arrays are quite expensive and too complicated for what I'm looking to do. Can I use an...
  26. mikasa509

    [SOLVED] RAID questions

    I have done a lot of research on RAID setups and I only have these questions left that I can't seem to find, Please help Lets say I have 1 drive that has an OS, can I install 2 new drives and set these 2 drives for RAID 0 only and leave the OS drive alone? because all I saw over the internet...
  27. A

    [SOLVED] Backup Drive: New HDD vs Reused Laptop HDD

    For my PC build I have a 500GB NVMe SSD, but I also am planning to add extra storage in the form of hard drives. This storage will rarely be written to/read from and is just for backing up pictures and videos. I wouldn't mind paying fifty bucks for a 2tb HDD, but I was wondering if it would be...
  28. T

    Question Raid controlled SATA SSD not recognized by Win10 Disk Management

    So here's my situation. I'm configuring a new computer. I started with only my 2 NVMe drives plugged in, set RAID controller in BIOS instead of AHCI, installed windows 10 on one and then formatted the second one in Windows' Disk Management. I then went and plugged my 3 SATA drives, two 2Tb HDs...
  29. D

    [SOLVED] Sudden BSODs unless I switch to AHCI, and audio no longer working

    First off, thank you to this community for being so helpful! Existing posts helped me solve a number of computer issues, but this one has me confounded. I have a Dell G7 17 7790 with one HDD and an upgraded SSD which I installed half a year ago. Everything was fine, until yesterday when I...
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    [SOLVED] what should i chose raid or ahci or something else for 1 sata ssd + 1 hdd system?

    hi, my cpu i5-4670k, gpu - 1050ti, mobo- gigabyte z87x-ud3h, bios version F10b, psu corsair cs650 , ram 4x4gb @1600 mhz, windows10. i have a 1 tb sata hdd, now i have decided to add a 500gb sata ssd. i will run windows and games on that ssd. i never used ssd before. for best performance what...
  31. M

    [SOLVED] stripe size for RAID 5 with 8TB drives?

    almost all video files, mostly over 10GB each. Connected to an LSI 9260-8i. Previous RAID I made was eight 3TB drives in RAID 5, 256kB stripe size. I'm leaning towards 512kB, or even 1MB.
  32. D

    [SOLVED] Raid 0 NVME Stopped Booting After Plugging an HDD

    A week ago i bought a Samsumg 970 Evo Plus 250gb. I did a Raid 0 with another Samsung 970 Evo Plus of 250gb too, the same drive, in the bios of a gigabyte with the intel rapid storage tool and installed Windows 10 pro on them.All working flawlessly for a week, i wasnt specting much of a speed...
  33. jlandi

    [SOLVED] What is the best SSD for using in a system doing block chain work with RAID?

    Hello all, I am looking working on a sensor monitoring server that is using block chain as part of the system. Bit of an oddity I find myself in because I have not used blockchain in any form with SSD or RAID environments. I bring that up because I will be doing a lot of writing/reading from...
  34. S

    [SOLVED] Checking Compatibility and Picking Drives for Upgrade[Need upgrade soon!]

    Hi, I was running quite low on my desktop storage and really am trying to switch over to m.2 only to remove the need for cables. I was wondering if the following would work for my system and how I should go about doing it. I am running an x99 platform(x99a godlike gaming carbon) which currently...
  35. olaf

    Question SSD not detected in Windows until manual refresh!

    I have a Gigabyte X570 Gamming X, latest bios and drivers, and a clean install , with 2x 2TB HDD in Raid 0 , a 512 GB Sata SSD as boot , a 3rd 2TB SATA HDD and another 1TB SATA SSD as well, now my problem is that the 1TB SSD(Patriot Burst) keeps disappearing after each reboot, in the bios it's...
  36. B

    [SOLVED] Qnap Tr-004 with (4) 4Tb drives

    Yesterday I set up the Qnap TR-004 with (4) Tb WD red drives. I set the dip switched for hardware controlled Raid 10. I understand I loose 1/2 of the total drives capacity with raid 10. Once the drives were installed, it required formatting. My question is...Windows 10 disk management is...
  37. R

    Question Mixing RAID disks with standalone disk - RAID undetected

    Hello Everyone! I was planning to have clean windows installation, after taking all necessary backups. but then got troubled with RAID configurations. Here is my system specs and followed by my HDD planned configurations: > System Specs: Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO 1x HDD: Seagate 1TB -...
  38. Ihaveaquestion9000

    [SOLVED] Best solution for RAID 1 setup?

    Hello! I just bought and received the WD My Book Duos in order to use it as a RAID 1 Backup for my Data. To my amazement it has enabled hardware encryption which can't be turned off. This is unacceptable for me as it destroys the whole purpose of RAID1 and data recovery - so i will be sending...
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    Question Old raid on a new windows install (new SSD) on the same computer

    so i installed a new windows on a new SSD on the exact same computer, but my 2 hard disk drives that i had a raid on shows up with a yellow warning triangle in computer management - device manager. i used the bultin way when i partitioned the hard drives Any tips here? i had trouble finding...
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    [SOLVED] Asus Strix Z270-F Bios Upgrade

    Hello Guys, I want to upgrade my BIOS Setting but I have a RAID setup with two 4TB HDD's. How can I make sure that that RAID Setup works, after the upgrade? greetings Lukas