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Understanding DRU Spanning
What is DRU Spanning DRU spanning is the mechanism allowing you to assemble several drives to make 1 DRU. It’s useful when your system is made of drives of very different sizes – best is to assemble...
View ArticleIssues with special characters on Linux
If you are a Linux user and your FlexRAID install seems to have issues handling files with special characters (non-English) in them, please read this post:...
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How do I restore if I lose both my OS drive and a data drive and don’t have...
If you are in the unique case whereas you lost a drive and at the same time you lost your OS and don’t have a backup of your configuration database, all is not lost. However, you will need to follow...
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How do I add my drive back to the pool after re-installing my OS?
If you re-install your OS and copy over your configuration database from backup, you drives will show up as missing in the Drive Manager while showing up as available for pooling in the lower section....
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How to create a CruiseControl RAID config using existing parity data
This scenario is valid only if: - You have not re-installed your OS - You don’t have a copy of your configuration database - The copy of your configuration that is on your PPU is somehow missing...
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Scanning for hardlinks and junctions prior to using Snapshot RAID
It is important not to include hardlinks and junctions in your Snapshot RAID as each duplicate entry will be fully included in the RAID increasing your requirement for parity data. FlexRAID has a neat...
View ArticleVerify/Validate report new files after Update
This issue can be caused by the following. 1. Some files have future dates. Check the FlexRAID log on your host drive and either delete or edit the files. You can find all such files by going to...
View ArticleReplacing/Swapping out a non-failed drive for another drive
1. Hijack the drive to be removed from the RAID (the OUT drive) by giving it a drive letter 2. Copy the data from the OUT drive to the drive that will replace it (the IN drive) 3. Un-hijack the OUT...
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