You need to clean this drive and let the S/W RAID rebuild the array again. After you plugged the drive back to your DSS V6, go to DSS V6 webgui -> Setup -> S/W RAID -> MDx and in the "Manager" frame set the following flags to it: F - set faulty R - hot remove  then press...

    There are two kinds of RAID malfunctions users can experience. One is when less disks fail that are required to rebuild an array, second is when more disks are damaged (also giving I/O errors). For example 2 or more disks in RAID 5, 3  or more disks in RAID 6 etc....

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol 1. In the management process two types of data are being used: - OID (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OID); a standardized, tree-structured registry of devices and manufacturers, available...

Symptom: I am trying to log in to my 3ware controller and I receive the following message: "You have been logged out due to inactivity or Cookies are disabled." Problem: The System time is not set correctly or the Time Zone is set incorrectly Solution: SETUP ->...

Symptom: Is it possible to use a hardware RAID controller with DSS Lite Problem: If your total drive capacity is over 1TB DSS lite will not work Solution: I  tested with an Areca RAID controller (ARC-1110) I created an RAID set then activated the RAID set...

My problem is that my RAID unit (under configuration -> volume manager) It only shows 16.7 TB. I have purchased an upgrade to 32TB max to get the extra 2TB above the 16TB from the default license. When I insert a Debian, Fedora or any other Linux cd, the installation just shows 18TB /...

The following steps are required to expand your RAID array 1.               Physically add the new disk drive(s) to the server 2.       Configure your RAID array on the RAID controller of your server or Open-E GUI...

Symptom: I received some I/O errors and now cannot access the GUI Problem: If the GUI is not accessible to download the system log files and you suspect the issue could be the RAID controller Solution: Enter in your web browser https://ipaddress:888 this will bring...

Symptom: I have a 8TB DSS license, with 4 1.5TB Seagate hard Disk, on a Supermicro motherboard Problem: I am using software RAID and I can only see 2 of my disk drives at a time. When I swapp the cables I can see the other 2 disk drives (check the serial serial numbers) ...

Symptom: I started formatting the first volume group at about 3:30 Saturday It's been formatting ever since. The entire RAID array is just under a terabyte.  How long should it take to format this amount?   Problem: Formatting the RAID Array has been running for about 2...