For whatever reason (but most likely because the user under which the FlexRAID service is running under was changed), your configuration database file (FlexRAID-Config.db) got moved. By default, the FlexRAID-Config.db file is created on your C:\ drive or under C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\ for some other users. Resolution: Stop FlexRAID service Do a search of your C:\ drive Full Article…
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Replacing/Swapping out a non-failed drive for another drive
1. Hijack the drive to be removed from the RAID (the OUT drive) by giving it a drive letter 2. Copy the data from the OUT drive to the drive that will replace it (the IN drive) 3. Un-hijack the OUT drive by removing the added drive letter 4. Go to the FlexRAID Disk Manager Full Article…
Understanding the processing throughput reported by FlexRAID
When FlexRAID is computing parity, a processing throughput is shown in the status window. The throughput presented by FlexRAID is a normalized value at the lowest denominator. Essentially, FlexRAID low balls itself when reporting processing speed. Under the normalized value approach, a system with 20 drives and 20TB of data will show the same processing Full Article…
Linux: Installing smartmontools for SMART monitoring
You must have smartmontools installed if you want to use the SMART monitoring feature of FlexRAID under Linux. If you don’t have it yet installed, please install it. Ubuntu:
Starting/Stopping the storage pool from the Command Line Client
http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,1756.msg12538.html#msg12538
Trial License Extension and Priority Order Processing
Changes have been made to the FlexLicensing (TM) system to allow Trial License Extension and Priority Order Processing for paid customer. Trial License Extension Use case 1: If your trial license has expired and you placed an order that is taking a while to process, you can acquire an extension on your trial license at Full Article…
Verify/Validate report new files after Update
This issue can be caused by the following. 1. Some files have future dates. Check the FlexRAID log on your host drive and either delete or edit the files. You can find all such files by going to System Control Panel -> Toolbox -> Scan for invalid dates. To fix the issue: 2. Temp files Full Article…
The recycle bin on V is corrupted. Do you want to empty the recycle bin for this drive?
This error is related to missing registry entries, or Windows Recycle Bin settings. See this wiki post for resolution: http://wiki.flexraid.com/2012/03/06/warn-could-not-disable-recycle-bin-settings-for-drive-x/
Swapping/Replacing two or more drives for one larger drive
Option 1: (recommended) 1. Delete the RAID configuration 2. Copy the data from the spanned drives into the new larger drive 3. Recreate the RAID using the new larger drive instead of the smaller drives being replaced Option 2: 1. Remove one of the span drives from the RAID 2. Run Update as instructed 3. Full Article…
Turn off Caching of Thumbnails
See http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,1345.msg10310.html#msg10310