EP-8K3A and Raid-1
By Rogers - usenet poster
I am running Win2k server with two 40 gig harddrives. Is it possible to
implement Raid-1 while maintaining the data on the main drive, or would
implementing Raid-1 require formatting both drives and starting over?
Jordan
implement Raid-1 while maintaining the data on the main drive, or would
implementing Raid-1 require formatting both drives and starting over?
Jordan
Solution #1
posted on Aug 01, 2007
Bouncy - usenet poster
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No problem. It's better to be on the safe side anyway! I just wanted to
post my findings for future searchers.
We're a small company, so IDE works fine for our needs (web server / file
server / SQL Server / 10-15 users).
I'm quite pleased so far at how slick the RAID implementation works on this
motherboard. Next test is when one of the drives actually fails and I get
to swap it out. According to the manual, it should alert me on reboot that
the drive has failed, and then give me the option to continue on the
remaining drive, or to shut down and replace the other drive.
That's interesting that the high dollar SCSI implementations require two
formatted disks to start a mirroring array.
Jordan
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post my findings for future searchers.
We're a small company, so IDE works fine for our needs (web server / file
server / SQL Server / 10-15 users).
I'm quite pleased so far at how slick the RAID implementation works on this
motherboard. Next test is when one of the drives actually fails and I get
to swap it out. According to the manual, it should alert me on reboot that
the drive has failed, and then give me the option to continue on the
remaining drive, or to shut down and replace the other drive.
That's interesting that the high dollar SCSI implementations require two
formatted disks to start a mirroring array.
Jordan
...
Solution #2
posted on Aug 01, 2007
Horner - usenet poster
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Well slap my face! I'm sorry about the misinformation. I actually work in
the business and usually deal with scsi raid5 arrays. Normal when you
create an array it blows away anything on any of the drives. These newer
ide raid controllers do have the "Duplication" mode of raid1 creation.
DaveL
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the business and usually deal with scsi raid5 arrays. Normal when you
create an array it blows away anything on any of the drives. These newer
ide raid controllers do have the "Duplication" mode of raid1 creation.
DaveL
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Solution #4
posted on Aug 01, 2007
Janice - usenet poster
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I ended up using the hardware raid on the EP-8K3A (ctrl-h during bootup to
configure).
It allowed me to create a RAID-1 array, and copy the contents of the main
drive to the 2nd.
Everything worked perfectly.
Thanks,
Jordan
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configure).
It allowed me to create a RAID-1 array, and copy the contents of the main
drive to the 2nd.
Everything worked perfectly.
Thanks,
Jordan
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