Re: RAID 5

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From: Leonard Severt [MSFT] (leons_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:47:56 GMT

"Trixie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:9d7e01c40649$b2d836b0$a001280a@phx.gbl:

> I ordered a new computer with 4 hard disks that is
> configured in RAID 5 and a pre-installed Windows Server in
> it. When I boot up the machine, I checked the Disk
> Management console and the disks are configured in 1
> logical disk with 2 partitions. But when I checked the
> systems config of the raid controller, it was configured
> to RAID 5.
>
> How will I be able to see the disks in RAID 5
> configuration in Computer Managment?
>

Hardware RAID presents 1 physical drive to Windows. Disk Managment will
not see individual drives. You need to use the managment utility for the
RAID controller to see the physical drives.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team 

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