{"id":790,"date":"2011-09-05T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/?p=790"},"modified":"2017-02-27T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:43:26","slug":"hp-microserver-raid-chipset-disk-array-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/2011\/09\/hp-microserver-raid-chipset-disk-array-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Proliant Microserver | RAID Chipset & Disk Array Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having created a RAID1 mirror using the AMD SB8xx SATA RAID, I\u00a0recently\u00a0faced the following problem:<\/p>\n

“Logical Drive “HDD” Goes\u00a0Critical”.<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

This error would be directly related to disk failure! I decided not to replace the 250GB HDD but instead remove the RAID array and keep as a single logical drive (no RAID). This would prevent the error from displaying eachtime Windows loads.\u00a0The problem I had was with the wording “Press Ctrl+Y to delete the data on the disk!<\/em>” prompt when deleting the RAID. Not sure if this\u00a0meant\u00a0all HDD Data or just the RAID Data.\u00a0Rather than taking any chances with precious data, I backed it up before proceeding with the changes…<\/p>\n

To Confirm:<\/strong>\u00a0The removal \/ dismount of the RAID Array can be done so without any loss of data<\/span><\/strong> or disruption to the system workings. I am simply reporting my experience!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> This is using the same RAID chipset as the HP Microserver, but actually on a Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H (Socket M2) Motherboard<\/a><\/p>\n

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RAID1 Array Dismount\/Removal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rebooted and loaded the BIOS interface. (Ctrl+Y)<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

“View LD Defination Menu”<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n

“Delete LD Menu” – In my scenario there was a strange issue as the second 250GB drive was visible, however not recognised as part of the RAID1 mirror.<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n

“Delete LD Menu” – Selected RAID to be removed and confirm deletion (Del\/Alt+D)<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n

Rebooted System – RAID1 has now been broken and 2 x 250GB are showing as independent drives in POST Info.<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n

Windows reports data is still available on the disk and no information has been lost (Drive N:\\ 250GB)<\/strong><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n

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References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a good guide to creating arrays and installing on the HP Microserver: here<\/p>\n

Software Link: <\/strong>AMD SB8xx SATA RAID Configuration Utility for Windows\u00ae Server 2008 and Windows\u00ae Server 2008 R2 (RAIDXpert)<\/strong><\/p>\n


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Having created a RAID1 mirror using the AMD SB8xx SATA RAID, I\u00a0recently\u00a0faced the following problem: “Logical Drive “HDD” Goes\u00a0Critical”. This error would be directly related to disk failure! I decided not to replace the 250GB HDD but instead remove the RAID array and keep as a single logical drive (no RAID). This would prevent the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-hp","category-hp-proliant-microserver"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOPt8-cK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3233,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}