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Title: Excessive disk activity with Sowftare RAID
Post by: Uwe on November 20, 2001, 08:56:10 AM

I am using an Intel Server Motherboard with integrated Adaptec 7896 scsi controller and two IBM 18Gb scsi drives.

When SMEServer 5 is configured for software raid the hard drives are constantly working even when the system is idle.
 
Is this normal or where should I look to find a solution.

Title: Re: Excessive disk activity with Sowftare RAID
Post by: guestFF on November 20, 2001, 10:53:51 PM

Hi,

There was a similar posting a 1 or 2 months ago. The answer was hat the software raid took a very long time (after installation) for the HD's to het in 'sync'.

Did you perform a fresh or new install so it ould be the HD's want to get in sync?

HFW

Title: Re: Excessive disk activity with Sowftare RAID
Post by: John McGreyr on November 23, 2001, 10:31:40 PM

It's not only software RAID.  Hardware RAID suffers from the same problem.  The drives have to sync.