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Author Topic: How long should a RAID rebuild take? Nate Anderson Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Stillwater, Maine, USA Registered: Sep 2004 posted 02-11-2010 05:44 PM                        I installed a new harddrive in our Dolby Digital Cinema system this afternoon and I wanted to know if anyone knew how long a rebuild should take? It seems to be chugging along just fine, but seems to be taking a lot longer than it should. Any ideas?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-11-2010 05:57 PM                        It could take many hours. Partly depends on the size of the array and the rebuild priority rate set in the RAID controller config. (Disclaimer: I've never been near one of these servers but from what I've read here they use fairly standard RAID controllers. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)  |  IP: Logged Alastair Comrie Film Handler Posts: 28 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: May 2007 posted 02-11-2010 07:18 PM                     A rebuild on our DSS100 server takes approx 2 hours. I have only done it twice since we have had it so I guess it could differ.  |  IP: Logged Kevin Fairchild Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Kennewick, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 02-11-2010 09:13 PM                     I think as soon as you start to play content the RAID will stop rebuilding. It can take up to 12+ hours if the hard drive is full. I always delete any extra content and start the build after the last show of the day and let it rebuild overnight.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 02-11-2010 09:25 PM                     How long? Just long enough for you to throw that D-Crapema in the dumpster and get a film system .  |  IP: Logged Elise Brandt Expert Film Handler Posts: 160 From: Kuusankoski, FIN/ Kouvola, Finland Registered: Dec 2009 posted 02-12-2010 12:25 AM                     With us it's so far taken anything from 2 hours to "nobody knows how long because they went home", After all, the manual suggests it be done overnight or early in the morning, it may take up to 10 hours, theoretically. I'm curious as to what would happen if you start to play content while the rebuild is in process but I'm not about to try not unless I have every copy handy for reloading and a whole day to do it.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-12-2010 06:33 PM                    Lots of variables: Size of drive, speed of drive, speed of controller, how busy the controller is doing other stuff, etc. I've seen it take < half an hour, and I've seen it take lots and lots of hours.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 02-12-2010 08:11 PM                     What Mark said. Depends on the array. In our SONY machines with a RAID 6 it depends on whether it's a data drive or a checksum drive, the checksum drives rebuild much faster. Typically on these, with the hardware raid, it can take up to 8 hours if content is playing about but the advice all around is to rebuild after the last show of the night so as not to risk buffering problems while playing out. The same advice applies to any other system.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-12-2010 09:09 PM                     If you are rebuilding a RAID on the Dolby and go into play mode(assuming you are able to) the RAID rebuild stops and then it resumes when you stop playing.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 02-13-2010 04:12 AM                     What one of our technicians suggested: Remove everything from your server. Rebuild the raid and reload the content. The rebuild goes a lot faster on a empty server. After that you load 1 film and during the first screening you load the rest. This was what he told me the fasted way.  |  IP: Logged

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