Files becoming corrupt. RAID the cause?

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Limp Gawd
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Hi all,

I just set up RAID 0 with two 500GB WD SATA disks in my HTPC (onboard RAID controller on Asus A8N SLI Premium mobo).

Since I set this up, I keep getting corrupt files. An example is torrents consisting of RAR files. When I try to extract them, WinRAR reports that several of the volumes are corrupt.

I can't help but blame the RAID for this. Can anyone help me determine the exact cause of the problem, and if there are any solutions?

Thanks!
 
maybe maybe not.. i have litterly moved the same raid 0 stripe acrossed 4 different mother boards, and 2 pci controllers. never had a single file go bad...(with the exception of a few files but i figured out the problem) yet i have had torrents get currpted on my PATA 200g seagate drive... my suggestion would be to look at your cable layout, move your power cables away from the sata lines, and any other cables away from the data lines...

as for my one time shot at bad data, it was caused by a transformer for a cold cathode sitting to close (to a data line).. caused quite a few issues, but nothing that couldnt be fixed my moveing it and moveing the files from the cache back to there location...
 
OK thanks. I think I'm going to reinstall Vista now (its time anyway) and if the problem persists, I will blame the RAID setup. I know the power cables are right next to the SATA cables, but I can't imagine that being a problem, it's never been before.

One other thing:
Let me get this straight: THe RAID setup information is stored on the DISKS and not in some ROM on the mobo? SO if my mobo craps out, or I get a new mobo, new chipset, or whatever, the RAID setup with the two disks will still work fine?

Thanks!
 
"One other thing:
Let me get this straight: THe RAID setup information is stored on the DISKS and not in some ROM on the mobo? SO if my mobo craps out, or I get a new mobo, new chipset, or whatever, the RAID setup with the two disks will still work fine?"

(quotes dont seem to be working.. :S)

yes and no again.. my first 2 pci card based raid controllers where both promise controllers, going between the controllers, i needed to do nothing, it simply worked... my current raid controllers are silicone image.. and going between any of my current raid contorllers will be the same, i will need to do nothing, as long as the raid controllers bios image is the same.

going from the promise to the silicone image controllers i need to install windows on a 3rd HD load up data recovery software, and only loading up the disks (basicly makeing it 'see' the disks). i didnt acctually have to scan or do any recovery, rebooted and reinstalled windows on that stripe (i had to reload windows do to a new motherboard). if i had tryed to load directly onto that stripe, it would have required a format... (i got lucky however, and i do admit that, normally, going from one controller to a different controller always requires a format.and i probably should have.. but that was 3 years ago, and this stripe is still fine. thought i have reloaded windows 4 or 5 times over that time, but not full formats, just random borking of the system.)

so.. if you can help it, when going from board to board, if you can keep the raid controller that same, you will still need to reinstall windows (if changeing motherboards), but your files will stay intact.
 
Thanks for that info thore.

Problem solved a while ago btw, it turned out my memory had turned bad, and had to RMA it. Works perfect now, with the same RAID setup.

Gotta love RAID!
 
good stuff man.. im glad you got it fixed and that was not the problem.. raid is great and a bain at the same time... there are quite a few people out there that would have just chucked it up to being trash to begin with and given up on it.. enjoy it..
 
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