Server 2008 R2 Software RAID Questions

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NobleX13

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I am moving from my 5 x 1TB WHS setup to Server 2008 R2. I have five 2TB drives in a new RAID 5 array, and have some general questions to ask before I copy over 3TB of data.

1.) If my 200GB OS drive crashes, will I be able to access my data in the array after an OS reinstall?

2.) Is there a way to see the status of the RAID 5 Resync?
 
1) Yes, but you may have to reset permissions on the files.

2) By resync are you referring to a rebuild in case one of the RAID 5 drives fails and you replace it? If so you can see the rebuild status in Disk Manager.

Be forewarned that any software RAID may be somewhat disappointing in terms of performance, and if you do have to replace a disk that the rebuild could take a long time - possibly well over 24 hours.
 
Thanks for the input! And by "resync", I mean that I just built this array, and it's status is "Resynching: 17%". I did figure out how to see the status.

Thanks for the input!
 
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