Windows Server 2008 R2 Software Raid 5, Resynching (4 days so far)

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I have a software raid 5 of 5x1,5Tb harddrives, this raid has been made in Windows Server 2008 R2. Now I know that Resynching can take a lot of time to be preformed, but so far have it been running for 4 days and it is only 5x1,5TB harddrives, so I am starting to wonder what is happening! Is there any way I can see how far along it is in the process, as it only says "Resynching"?

Edit: Now is Saturday 3/4-2011 and it is still Resynching, and it have not been powered down since then.

How long was your raid set healthy before it started resynching? — Greg Askew, Apr 03 '11 at 14:14
http://serverfault.com/questions/277530/how-can-i-view-server-2008-software-raid-5-resync-progress Try checking from a rdp connection as described here. — G Koe, Aug 11 '11 at 14:39

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '12 at 10:01

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The percentage of resync complete doesn't show initially. Load up disk manager, and press F5 (or click refresh). This then seems to cause the percentage complete to show.

My 3 x 3tb RAID5 has been running for about 20 hours and has done 23%

answered May 08 '12 at 10:01

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These extremely long rebuild times (during which the entire array is degraded and subject to failure) are one of the main reasons why RAID5 is not recommended for terabyte-scale drives. – Skyhawk Jun 02 '12 at 14:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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Try the steps described in this link: How to view status of software RAID 1 resynching?

I'm not certain that Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 are identical in this respect, but I'm suspecting that they are.

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answered Apr 02 '11 at 02:33

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i did try them, but sadly dose it not apply to windows server 2008 – Androme Apr 02 '11 at 11:20

Windows Server 2008 R2 Software Raid 5, Resynching (4 days so far)

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