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How do I check HDD Health in a RAID system?

Vitalius
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Hi guys,

So a server I'm working on has a RAID setup using a RAID card. The server needs to stay running (so going into the BIOS of the RAID card is a last resort). 

How would I test/look at one of the HDD's health with something like Speedfan or Crystal Disk Info this way?

To clarify, in Disk Management on the server (Windows 2008 Server), one of the HDD's has an ! on it and the RAID array has failed redundancy. It's in RAID 5. 

If I open Crystal Disk Info, all HDD's connected via the RAID card simply show a ??? on them. They are labeled as SCSI devices (although they are SATA drives). On Speedfan, those drives are simply not there.

I suppose I could just remove the problem drive (since it's RAID 5), but I'd like to avoid that if possible. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Vitalius.

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