Re: Raid 0 (Mirroring) - Help?

Well your system cannot support "duplexing" so in order for you to do
mirroring then yes they do need to be on the same channel.

"Todd H" <ToddH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F56FC4DB-2D16-4740-A11B-D50DE4390980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ok... raid 1 it is :-) that is why i wrote (Mirroring) old age is
> getting
> to me.
>
> I am using the same controller just the two different channels. (Primary
> and
> Secondary) Should I setup the mirror as a slave drive and put it on the
> same
> cable as the drive that I want mirrored? Won't that slow it down even
> more?
>
> -T
>
> "AllenM" wrote:
>
>> RAID 0 is not mirroring. RAID 0 is striping without fault tolerance or
>> redundacy. Move the drive to the same controller. Using two drives on
>> their
>> own controllers is referred to "Duplexing". Using two drives on the same
>> controller is "Mirroring".
>>
>> "Todd H" <ToddH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:86C1BB57-B962-4EED-9224-010596256A9D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I am trying to setup raid 0 on my sbs 2003 box and it is not working.
>> > I have a Dell 600SC with 2 gig ram and SP 1 installed.
>> > It has two hard drives each on their own controller.
>> > HD 1 is on its own channel (primary) and is set to master. It has a
>> > "C"
>> > partition of 24.41 gig and a "D" partition of 50.8 gig
>> > HD 2 is on its own channel (secondary) and is also set to master and
>> > has
>> > no
>> > volume
>> > Both drives are set to dynamic
>> >
>> > When I select the "C" drive and the "Add Mirror" option it marks off a
>> > mirror section on HD 2 and begins to sync. This usually continues
>> > until
>> > it
>> > is around 30 % complete and then quits with no message at all, and the
>> > mirror
>> > does not work.
>> > The only thing that happens is that a yellow caution sign is displayed
>> > on
>> > the "C" drive and I have to select "Reactivate Volume" to get rid of
>> > it.
>> >
>> > I have tried several different combinations with the drives and get the
>> > same
>> > result each and every time. I am currently running backups every
>> > night,
>> > but
>> > really want to have the added stability of a drive mirror on my system.
>> > Can
>> > anyone help me figure out why the mirror is not working?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Todd
>>
>>
>>


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