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 of replies saying "sure", so maybe I am not thinking of something, but I don't see any reason why you should have a problem. If the RAID is hardware based, Windows only sees the logical drive and the hardware controller should interpret things correctly. If it is a Windows-based software RAID, it should likewise be able to handle it. Chkdsk fixes the file system, and it shouldn't matter what the underlying hardware is. Bill Mayo ________________________________ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Chkdsk on RAID 5 I keep finding conflicting results on this, so I'm looking for expert insight. I mentioned yesterday that I have a RAID 5 array that has a handful of corrupt files. Chkdsk in read-only mode shows: "CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File record segment 575200 is corrupt.0 file records 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 safe? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
