LSI Logic SATA Raid Restore

Hi All,

I would love a bit of advice on a server that I am looking after.

2 Weeks ago, I noticed that it was slowing down, and after a reboot it
showed that the "raid aray degraded". One of the SATA disks had failed. No
problem, I thought - I'll get an exact copy and rebuild the array.

I got the exact same drive - (exact model number) and replaced it. I then
went into the LSI Raid BIOS and told it to "rebuild" the array. After a good
3-4 hours, all seemed ok. The array showed "online" on both drives. However,
when I rebooted the array it only got to the pre-windows screen and
complained about not being able to find a number of files, and wanted me to
insert my windows 2003 cd to rebuild the server.

I then powered down, unplugged the "new" drive onto which the array should
have rebuild and the server booted fine off the one disk. The server has
been running OK for a week on this one drive *(not ideal, but no choice
really)*. I have looked around for advice but to no avial.

My real question is what am I doing wrong? The manuals are fairly sketchy,
and I really would like some advice on this one, as RAID isn't my strong
point.

I am guessing that for some reason the array isn't rebuilding properly - but
beyond that I am stuck.

Many thanks in advance for your advice,

Regards,

Andrew.

PS - email reply won't work ... just use the newsgroup.


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