Extremely Slow Format Promise ATA Raid 1, Windows Server 2003

[acorn]

I hope i'm posting to the right group...

I have a new Intel S845wd1-E based server, with 512 RAM, 2 40GB
Seagate Barracuda drives... The board apparently has Promise FastTrack
100 onboard ATA RAID.

I'm installing Windows Sever 2003, Enterprise Edition. I started to
format a 5 GB partition on the Mirrored disk at about 10:30 this
morning. It's now 2:06 in the afternoon, and the format shows 32%!
Surely this is not normal... I don't know whether to stop the format
or let it continue into tomorrow. Any advice would be appreciated! I
have had some experience with SCSI RAID, but this is my first ATA RAID
server.

--acorn

 

[Colon Terminus]

Something's terribly wrong. A 5 gig partition on that hardware should format
in a minute or less.

 

[Colon Terminus]

Go to the Seagate site and download their diagnostic software. You should be
able to run it on both disks without even breaking the RAID.

 

[acorn]

Thanks for the advice, I'll do that today. Can't wait to see what
greets me this morning, as I did let it run thru the night. When I
left work at 5, it was at 56%

Take care,

--acorn