CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Practice Question
A Windows Server 2019 file server uses an HPE Smart Array P440 controller with four hot-swap 10 K SAS disks in a single RAID 5 logical drive that holds the D: data volume. Users suddenly receive "Location is unavailable" when they try to open shared folders. Disk Management shows the D: volume as Offline, and the Smart Array utility reports:
- Logical drive 01 - Status: Degraded
- Physical drive 2 - Status: Failed (predictive SMART)
- All other physical drives - OK The operating-system volume on a separate RAID 1 set remains healthy.
Which action should you take first to restore access to the logical drive while preserving data?
Force the controller to mark the failed disk online and run CHKDSK /f on D:.
Hot-swap the failed disk with a same-size replacement so the controller can rebuild the RAID 5 array.
Convert the degraded RAID 5 set to RAID 0 to bring it online, then add another disk.
Delete and recreate the logical drive, then restore the volume from backup.