Re: Software RAID 1

As Steve said, the best option is to use hardware Raid, but I've found for
very small installations (2-4 client workstations), software Raid 1 works
just fine. Search Microsoft.com for article #323432 to find out how to set
it up. The key is converting the disks to dynamic volumes in order to create
the mirror.

"James Collington" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1159805119.984650.118470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello. I have a Dell server with 2 SATA hard drives and would like to
enable software RAID 1 within SBS2003. Currently on drive 1, partition
C: (about 15GB) is the system and E: (about 65GB) is the data. On
drive 2 partition D: is 80GB (with nothing on it). What I would like
to achieve is a RAID 1 mirror with partition C: remaining at 15GB with
the system and D: being the existing E:Could anyone advise? Thanks in
advance.



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