I've only been using a Raid setup for a couple of months so please excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject.
I have two 500gb Seagate 7200.11 drives using Intel Matrix Raid to give me an 80gb C drive for the OS in Raid 0, and the rest for a D drive for data in Raid 1. I'm now getting a message telling me that:
"A drive in a Raid 0 volume is failing. Try to back up data immediately."
When I open the Intel Matrix Console, it tells me that it's my Raid 1 volume that has been degraded and that I need to restore it. It gives me the option to "Rebuild Raid Volume Now", which it says "Rebuilding the Raid volume will reestablish user file protection from a single hard drive failure." It also says "User files on the new hard drive will be lost." So how should I go about fixing this?
I have a third Seagate, an older 300gb one, as my E drive and I have already backed up everything from the C and D drives. Should I use the Rebuild Volume option in the Intel Matrix console? If I do that will I lose everything or does it do something like format the bad Raid 1 volume and copy the data from the good Raid 1 volume back over? Should I just format the entire two drives and reinstall the OS? Any suggestions?
Lastly, would you recommend not using onboard Raid? Would you recommend getting a Raptor for the OS and leave the 500gb Seagates for Data? Or should I get two other smaller drives for Raid 0 for the OS?
Thank for any help and sorry for the loaded question.
I have two 500gb Seagate 7200.11 drives using Intel Matrix Raid to give me an 80gb C drive for the OS in Raid 0, and the rest for a D drive for data in Raid 1. I'm now getting a message telling me that:
"A drive in a Raid 0 volume is failing. Try to back up data immediately."
When I open the Intel Matrix Console, it tells me that it's my Raid 1 volume that has been degraded and that I need to restore it. It gives me the option to "Rebuild Raid Volume Now", which it says "Rebuilding the Raid volume will reestablish user file protection from a single hard drive failure." It also says "User files on the new hard drive will be lost." So how should I go about fixing this?
I have a third Seagate, an older 300gb one, as my E drive and I have already backed up everything from the C and D drives. Should I use the Rebuild Volume option in the Intel Matrix console? If I do that will I lose everything or does it do something like format the bad Raid 1 volume and copy the data from the good Raid 1 volume back over? Should I just format the entire two drives and reinstall the OS? Any suggestions?
Lastly, would you recommend not using onboard Raid? Would you recommend getting a Raptor for the OS and leave the 500gb Seagates for Data? Or should I get two other smaller drives for Raid 0 for the OS?
Thank for any help and sorry for the loaded question.
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