How do you "Verify" a raid array?

[Fhistleb]

I have a Dell Precision 490, its booting slower than the other 490's we have. When I check the raid configuration it says Raid "Verify" while the other computers say "good" or what have you.

My question is how do I go about checking or what is the process to get this drive back to normal?

 

[TC91]

If on an intel motherboard, you have to install the intel matrix storage manager software in windows and you can right click on the corresponding array and verify it, which can take a long time depending on the size of the array, number of drives, etc. Not sure about AMD systems though.

 

[corkyg]

Should be automatic by the RAID controller. Mine does it as part of the POST process.

 

[mfenn]

Are the systems only turned on for a given amount of time each day? If so, the system may not be on long enough for the array to be verified (could take 24+ hours on large array). Leave the system on for several days and see what happens.

 

[Fhistleb]

Thank you for all the input gentlemen. It was the Intel Storage Matrix... It took 20 hours to verify.