Understanding RAID: Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAID Fundamentals Core Concepts of RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a data storage technology that combines multiple physical hard drives to achieve improved data transfer rates, expanded storage capacity, and enhanced data redundancy with fault tolerance. The concept originated in 1987 when researchers at UC Berkeley first i ...

Posted on Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:14:39 +0000 by akeane

Essential Linux System Administration Techniques

Regular Expressions Regular expressions enable pattern matching across data streams using wildcards, metacharacters, and keywords to identify and extract specific information. Two primary syntax standards exist: Basic Regular Expressions (BRE) and Extended Regular Expressions (ERE). The key difference lies in metacharacter handling—ERE requires ...

Posted on Sat, 16 May 2026 06:18:24 +0000 by angershallreign

Restoring a Degraded RAID 5 Array with MegaCLI

1. Physical Drive InventoryTo recover a RAID 5 configuration after a disk failure or hardware relocation, execute the following command to list the status of all physical drives attached to Adapter 0. Ensure that application I/O is halted during this process to prevent data corruption.MegaCli -PDList -a02. Identifying the Failed DriveScan the o ...

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2026 23:45:37 +0000 by mordeith