Topic: RAID configuration
Learn how to enhance data redundancy and performance with RAID configurations on dedicated servers (DS). Explore our Knowledge Base and Help articles for valuable insights into setting up, managing, and optimizing RAID arrays for your DS infrastructure.
This article explains how to use the 3ware RAID controller administration program.
Introduction
When you download the program, please make sure you select the architecture suitable for your operating system (x86 for 32Bit systems and x86_64 for 64Bit systems).
After downloading it, extract ...
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In this article, you will learn how to work with Adaptec hardware RAID controller.
How to read the status of the hardware-based RAID
To read the status of the Adaptec RAID Controller, the Adaptec command-line tool arcconf must be installed.
You can get the current status of the RAID by using th...
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This article uses an example to describe the necessary steps involved in exchanging a defective drive in a software RAID (mdadm).
IMPORTANT NOTE: All commands are just examples. You should adjust them accordingly!
Example scenario
Here is the example configuration:
# cat /proc/mdstat
Person...
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This article describes how to use a software RAID for organizing the interaction of multiple drives in a Linux operating system, and without using a hardware RAID controller.
Display the state of a software RAID
To do this, just use this command:
cat /proc/mdstat
If no RAID is active, the ou...
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This article explains how to use the LSI RAID controller administration programm.
Reading the status of the hardware-based RAID
To read the status of the LSI RAID Controller, the LSI megacli command-line tool needs to be installed.
You can get the status of the RAID by using the following comma...
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From this article, you will find about partition size limit on big hard drives
Introduction
At present, all standard images except CentOS 6.x support booting from a hard disk using a GUID partition table (GPT). This GPT is automatically created by the installimage script and is needed in order to ...
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This article helps you find which controller is used in your server.
Introduction
Beehosting offers RAID provides from several different manufacturers. Currently, these are 3Ware, Adaptec, and LSI. This article helps you find which controller is used in your server.
Finding the controller model
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This article lists all the necessary steps for installing a software raid.
Basic information
Software RAID is when the interaction of multiple drives is organized completely by software.
RAID Level 1 (mirroring) achieves increased security: even if one drive fails, all the data is still store...
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The following guide describes how to manually setup a drive mirroring (RAID1) in a Windows operating system.
Introduction
Servers that have been installed using our automatic Windows installation, or ordered with the Windows addon, already have a RAID level 1 configured and running on them. So thi...
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