Re: Software Raid 1 Query

Raid 1 - software - nah not a good idea.

SATA - I take it its a HOME system for playing (not production)



"Bill" <a@xxx> wrote in message
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> Newbie question. I have just started setting up a SBS2003 server. First
task
> was to arrange software raid 1 mirroring between two 160Gb SATA drives.
>
> I have acheived what seems to be the correct setup, but I have one small
> doubt which I would appreciate any comments on. The state I have got to is
> this:
>
> Disk 0:
> Basic 141Mb patition labeled EISA Configuration.
> Dynamic Volume: C: 12Gb NTFS - System (Mirrored status Healthy)
> Dynamic Volume: D: 136.87Gb NTFS - Data (Mirrored Healthy)
>
> Disk 1:
> Dynamic Volume: C: 12Gb NTFS - System (Mirrored status Healthy)
> Dynamic Volume: D: 136.87Gb NTFS - Data (Mirrored Healthy)
> Unallocated: 141Mb
>
> I presume the basic partiton on disk 0 is the utilities partition put in
by
> Dell. I presume it is not possible to mirror this. Everything else seems
to
> be listed OK.
>
> My slight worry is that if you read the Windows help files it says that to
> test the mirroring of the boot and system partition you should disconnect
> one of the drives, thus simulating a drive failure, to see if it boots
from
> the other. I did try this, and the system will boot from disk 0 when I
> unplug disk1, but if I unplug disk 0 then it will not boot. I get a
message
> on startup saying that disc 0 is missing with the option of pressing F1 to
> continue or F2 for setup, but at this point the system stops and pushing
> either key does not have any effect.
>
> I am sure that the data is being mirrored correctly, I was just doubtful
> about the standard procedure to reboot from the mirror if drive 0 ever
> failed.
>
> Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bill.
>
>


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