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Originally Posted by Grimjaw
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depending on the size of the array, and the raid configuration (1,4,5,etc), usually 1 dead disk wont take down the server. it would take multiple disks to fail before it would take down the server, which gives you a chance to replace failed disks before it has an impact.
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Yep. With raid4/5, one bad disk causes degraded performance but not a total outage.
My guess is the card itself died since the data is still intact according to Rogean. New cards range from 10 to 3000 dollars. #donate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816124009 low end
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA67S2FB5169 higher end
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA67S2985740 enterprise end
If he can find an exact replacement, should be back up tonight. If he needs a different model, might take half a day.