Change Reconstruct Rate While Reconstructing

Question

Hi

I have a server that has which is reconstructing the RAID 5 array after having two disks added to the array. As the reconstruction process is running into business hours, is it possible to reduce the Reconstruct Rate to say 5% during business hours and then increase back up to 30% outside of business hours?

The controller is the PERC H710P mini.

hamidm · Answer

I have a PowerEdge T310 with virtual drive (4 x 2TB) RAID-5 which was full. I added 2 x 2TB drives and started rebuild of the RAID-5 array. 3 days later it's still reconstructing. Is there any way to speed up the RAID-5 to 6 drives reconstruction process and monitor how far along it is?

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DELL-Chris H · Answer

Hamidm,

There really isn't any way to speed it up, short of not using the server and allowing it to complete before putting it under a load. As far as monitoring the progress, you should be able to use OpenManage to monitor its progression.

Let me know if this helps.

hamidm · Answer

Thank you for your quick response, Chris. The host OS is CentOS 6. Is there an OpenManage for the host OS?

hamidm · Answer

By the way, Chris. The thumbs up button is not working.

DELL-Chris H · Answer

Hamidm,   The thumbs up appears to work when I tried it, so not sure what the issue would be with that. Now as far as CentOS, you would want to use the corresponding RHEL version.

hamidm · Answer

Chris, your first response allows thumbs up, but not subsequent responses. Assuming RHEL 6, where do download and install OpenManage from?

DELL-Young E · Answer

Here it is: https://dell.to/4ep7xCZ

PowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID

Change Reconstruct Rate While Reconstructing

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