# Plex not Seeing RAID Array **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [November 8, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-seeing-raid-array/894878 "2024-11-08T21:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mediamonster1401](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mediamonster1401](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mediamonster1401)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-seeing-raid-array/894878/1 "2024-11-08T21:10:17Z")
Server Version#: 1.41.1.9057 Player Version#: I created a new server running Ubuntu. I created the RAID set as RAID 5, and formatted the array in Ubuntu, but when I create the library in Plex, and populate it with movies it still shows that no movies were found. The array is mounted, and I can move files to it Is there something I am missing? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-seeing-raid-array/894878/2 "2024-11-08T21:38:31Z")
Since the array is a “Big Logical Hard Drive”, treat it as such. Choose whatever mount point you want to use provided the chosen name does not conflict with anything or is nested under some directory which is otherwise reserved. I mount: /dev/md0 - / /dev/md1 - /home /dev/md2 - /vmssd /dev/md3 - /vol (This is my big RAID 6 array) > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2): > > Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed … ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-seeing-raid-array/894878/3 "2025-02-06T21:39:14Z")
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