Windows server 2008 R2 software RAID 5 questions

[Maximilian]

If its resynching and i shut down the server or restart it does that start the resynching process off from the beginning again? Or will it start where it left off?

Theres no progress bar or anything so i cant tell where its at.

Also can i use the array while its resynching? Ive tested and copying/accessing/deleting files on it from the server and from a network computer worked but this was only a small music file. Its a 4.09TB array and i have 1.8TB of data waiting to be copied over to it. Should i wait until its finished resynching?

 

[Nothinman]

You can use the array just fine, it'll just be slower. Whether or not Windows is smart enough to resume it's resync where it left off after a reboot, I have no idea.

 

[Maximilian]

You can use the array just fine, it'll just be slower. Whether or not Windows is smart enough to resume it's resync where it left off after a reboot, I have no idea.

Good stuff ill keep that in mind, well i tried it the hard way, windows isnt smart enough it started from scratch heh, ah well it was only at 33% or somthing anyways.

Oh and just in case anyone else reads this in the future you can get the progress bar to show by clicking more actions in the top right then "refresh", it wont update so (or at least it didnt for me) you will likely need to close disk manager then open it again and do the refresh thing.