RAID 5 Server Shuts Down

tech-it-^ · 03-20-2009, 08:25 AM

Hey all!

I am having an issue with a few servers when trying to rebuild drives that are in a RAID 5 array. It's odd, when I pull out the bad drive, then let it rebuild its fine. Once the rebuild fails (if it does fail) then the server shuts down or reboots completely. Now this shouldn't happen. RAID is used for conserving data and redundancy. These servers should be able to loose a drive, fail the rebuild and the server should not go down. That's one of the main points of RAID 5. If any of you have any ideas as to why its doing this, help would be greatly appreciated.

Side Note: also upon rebooting the server stops in the BIOS saying that to hit Ctrl M for config utility or any key to continue. How do I bypass this so the server just boots up normally? Thanks guys!

josiahb · 03-20-2009, 10:48 AM

That certainly is a weird one, what are the specs of the box? (including make and model of the RAID controller/ mobo)

03-20-2009, 08:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
tech-it-^ Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 320 OS: XP Pro, Vista Business, Suse Linux, Win98 SE	RAID 5 Server Shuts Down Hey all! I am having an issue with a few servers when trying to rebuild drives that are in a RAID 5 array. It's odd, when I pull out the bad drive, then let it rebuild its fine. Once the rebuild fails (if it does fail) then the server shuts down or reboots completely. Now this shouldn't happen. RAID is used for conserving data and redundancy. These servers should be able to loose a drive, fail the rebuild and the server should not go down. That's one of the main points of RAID 5. If any of you have any ideas as to why its doing this, help would be greatly appreciated. Side Note: also upon rebooting the server stops in the BIOS saying that to hit Ctrl M for config utility or any key to continue. How do I bypass this so the server just boots up normally? Thanks guys!

03-20-2009, 10:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
josiahb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 96 OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1	Re: RAID 5 Server Shuts Down That certainly is a weird one, what are the specs of the box? (including make and model of the RAID controller/ mobo)