hi, ive seen that you configured RAID 5 by leaving one HD as spare. Im my case, I would have included that last HD on the RAID 5 config - I thought RAID 5 already have a spare functionality. Can you enlighten me on this? Thanks
correct, Raid 5 does have a spare used a parity, but if you really want to make sure that your server is protected, i used a spare drive. So if a drive fails, this spare will automatically come into play. In a normal raid situation with no spare, your drive will simply fail and you will have to replace your faulty hard drive. Until you do so, your server will run in degraded mode. With spare, the server already has a drive to take over. Does that make sense?
Thank u for the video. helped a lot
uneaserahman007 3 weeks ago
Can you explain how to expand(extend the logical array) after configuration?
rujinraj 1 month ago
thank you for the nice teaching.. waiting for your next video :)
Gulfam26 1 month ago
Thank you for this wonderful video...
ravisticky 1 month ago
hi, ive seen that you configured RAID 5 by leaving one HD as spare. Im my case, I would have included that last HD on the RAID 5 config - I thought RAID 5 already have a spare functionality. Can you enlighten me on this? Thanks
jayleccio 2 months ago
@jayleccio
correct, Raid 5 does have a spare used a parity, but if you really want to make sure that your server is protected, i used a spare drive. So if a drive fails, this spare will automatically come into play. In a normal raid situation with no spare, your drive will simply fail and you will have to replace your faulty hard drive. Until you do so, your server will run in degraded mode. With spare, the server already has a drive to take over. Does that make sense?
howithink 2 months ago
@howithink yup, thanks for the info Sir
jayleccio 2 months ago