On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Andrew Levicki and...@levicki.me.uk wrote:
My concern is this: how can the chkdsk software repair a physical disk
subsystem?
It doesn't.
CHKDSK works at the filesystem level. It validates filesystem
metadata (like directory entries, allocation extents,
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Chkdsk on RAID 5
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM, John Hornbuckle
john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote:
Is it safe to run chkdsk /f on a RAID 5 array?
It's no more or less safe than running it on a single disk.
(Which is to say: The filesystem
...@levicki.me.uk]
Sent: Saturday, 8 May 2010 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Chkdsk on RAID 5
Hi John,
Do you have any feedback for us on how this went, please?
I've been puzzling over the issue of running chkdsk on RAID arrays and have
done a little research but I cannot find
It's hardware-based, so I think it'll be safe. My logic is the same as yours-I
just wanted to be sure it wasn't flawed...
From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Chkdsk on RAID 5
I expected to see a bunch
processed)
2953600 file records processed.
File verification completed.
832 large file records processed.
Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.
Is it safe to run chkdsk /f on a RAID 5 array? Not chkdsk /r-I know I don't
want chkdsk looking for bad sectors. But is the /f parameter
Let it rip.
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Chkdsk on RAID 5
It's hardware-based, so I think it'll be safe. My logic is the same as yours-I
just wanted to be sure it wasn't flawed
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM, John Hornbuckle
john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote:
Is it safe to run chkdsk /f on a RAID 5 array?
It's no more or less safe than running it on a single disk.
(Which is to say: The filesystem is already damaged. You've
probabbly already lost data.
for the
possibility that it will make things worse.
John
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From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Chkdsk on RAID 5
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM, John Hornbuckle
john.hornbuc
