Re: RAID on server

Hi Smiley:

RAID0 means two drives joined together to make the total = to the combined
size of both. That is 80 + 80 in RAID0 = 160 (or thereabouts). Is that
what you mean?

They should be RAID1, so that two drives look like one drive of the size of
one. That is 80 <>80 = 80. is RAID1.

Space problems? Assume you mean free space on the drive/partition, not
physical space in the drive cage of the server?

DO NOT... EVER.... use RAID0. The loss of one drive will wipe out all the
data. There is no redundancy in RAID0, and you double your chance of
failure.

Please confirm:

there are two drives in the production server.
they are joined in RAID1 to = the combined size of them added together.
(80+80 = 160)
you have space in the drive cage for more physical drives.
you can add more drives to the controller
the controller will allow you to MIRROR the new drive to the "seen as
one" existing pair.

Larry


"Smiley" <firework123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Know this is a very slim chance for rectification but I like to ask before
I give up.

Server on RAID0, due to space problem, need to seek other way to add extra
spaces to the OS drive. One lucky thing is I do have a spare server which
is configured as the live server. However, if I put in any drive in this
server for testing, I will break the RAID on this server. I am right on
this??? If I have the RAID broken, will it be rebuild if I put the
original drive back ???? If not, Anyone knows of anyway which I would add
extra space on the os drive to the current live server ?

Many thanks



.

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