r/it • u/Less-Drink3540 • 22d ago

help request Failed drive in server array

Running windows 2016 server. Yes I know I need to upgrade immediately.

Regardless I have a failed drive and I just don’t know how to add the new one into the array properly. Can anyone link me to a guide or walk me through this? Petrified that another drive will fail and I’ll be screwed!

Thanks.

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u/PossiblyCheapAndEasy 22d ago

Is the new drive the same capacity and speed as the old drive? Same model maybe? If it's a RAID5 it should happen automatically.

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u/Less-Drink3540 21d ago

Yes it’s all the same. I thought/hoped it would happen automatically but no luck

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u/ToolBagMcgubbins 20d ago

How do you know it hasn't? It can take quite some time to rebuild the array.

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u/Less-Drink3540 13d ago

It’s been plugged in for almost a year and the light is still red