Ah crap, RAID error

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cold_steel

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Hey guys, I have 2 WD 150GB Raptor Drives running RAID 0 on my DFI X48 mobo. When restarting just now I noticed one of my 2 drives saying error. Went into the RAID config during startup and saw it there too, but there was no option to repair or any additional info. I'm in windows right now, so apparently the error isnt catastrophic... yet. Is this saying the drive is crapping out, or did the stripe just get screwed up?
 
longblock454 said:
First, make a backup of anything important!

What is the reported error?
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Ditto. You are on borrowed time for your array.

All I can suggest is to run the WD diagnostics on each individual drive to see which one is causing the problems. The OEM diagnostics do not usually work when the drives are in a RAID array, so you may have to break them out to run the daignostics. They should still be under warranty though.

Don
 
I'll have to break the array up to run the diagnostic then it looks like. I never keep anything I can't reinstall on my RAID. I have a 3rd larger hard drive for that bc I knew this would happen someday, its just not as catastrophic as I imagined. I actually had time to backup the couple of things I did want, COD4 savesgame and whatnot. Wonder how fast WD is at RMA turnaround?
 
advanced rma from wd is 2-3 days they ship first using 2nd day air shipping.
 
thats not bad then. I was initially considering grabbing 2 150gb velociraptors and distributing the raptors in other machines of mine, but thats pretty quick turnaround. Anyone know what kind of speed gains a velociraptor setup has over the raptors?
 
cold_steel said:
thats not bad then. I was initially considering grabbing 2 150gb velociraptors and distributing the raptors in other machines of mine, but thats pretty quick turnaround. Anyone know what kind of speed gains a velociraptor setup has over the raptors?
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WD claims they are 35% faster.

I have heard a couple of instances of people getting Vr's in place of their 150 Raptors.

Don
 
I ended up getting the 160GB version back in exchange for my 150. WD took their sweet time getting it shipped but once it finally made it out of their doors it didn't take long to arrive. I paired it up with my remaining 150GB Raptor and aside from losing that extra 10GB all seems well with the array. On a side note, my limping raid-0 array never actually went down while waiting for the new drive to come, although I did get a couple of hangs there on the last day. Total turnaround time was around 12 days or so.
 
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