Re: RAID configuration with out RAID controller
From: Roland Hall (nobody_at_nowhere)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:28:26 -0600
"Jai Santhosh" wrote:
: I have IBM netfinity server with 16GB*3 9GB*3 scsi hard
: disks with out scsi controller, I have installed windows
: 2003 server on it. now I have got 6 partition and is if
: possible for me to club 3 hard disks and make one logical
: drive?? like how we can do it in raid 5 . is there any
: software or tool that can do this???
: I hope you guys will help me in this issue
Jai...
That's a pretty good trick to use hard drives without a controller. Perhaps
you are saying you do not have a SCSI Array Controller so you cannot create
a hardware array but want to create a software array?
Disclaimer: I would never suggest to anyone to use a software RAID solution
over a hardware RAID solution.
To create a software RAID5 setup in W2K3:
http://computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/disaster_recovery_raid.htm
This document states to use RAID0+1 for database solutions. IMHO, I think
you would have to be a complete idiot, no pieces missing, to use a RAID0
solution for anything. A RAID0 solution is called SPANNING. You span a
partition across multiple drives. If you lose one drive, you have
essentially lost all of your data on the whole span. If you need a larger
partition than a single drive can offer, you need a hardware RAID5 solution.
RAID0 contradicts the very reason for using an array.
I'm only adding my view here since I've provided the link. It should not be
relevant to your specific scenario.
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