Re: SBS 2003/RAID copy question

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You need to be more clear. You mention wanting to do a RAID mirror and that
the adapter is an Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI. We would assume its capable of
RAID but now you say it isn't. Are you then referring to try to use software
RAID via the Windows 2003 built-in capability? If so you'll see many people
advising not to use software RAID.

"Northwest Upgrades Plus" <andyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in
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I do not think the Adaptec card will allow this. It is not a RAID card,
only
a SCSI controller. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Thanks for your help.


"Cliff Galiher" wrote:

You'll need to refer to the adaptec manual for that one. The last
Adaptec I
used allowed you to build a mirror, so in theory, here is what I'd do:

1) Install a second hard drive.
2) In the Adaptec BIOS (before OS boot) configure the mirror.
3) Let the adapter actually build the RAID array. It'll take some time.
4) Pull the failing hard drive (breaking the mirror.)
5) Install another new hard drive.
6) Again in the Adaptec setup, have it rebuild the mirror. It'll know to
use the second hard drive since that already has the RAID info that
would've
been written from the first build.

Should be painless. But different models of RAID controllers have
different
feature sets and the system may fail to build an array after the fact
without wiping data. So have a backup, and take each step carefully.

-Cliff


"Northwest Upgrades Plus" <andyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in
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I have a client that is running SBS 2K3 standard. When it was first set
up,
they did not want to go to the expense of mirroring the OS drive. (I
tried
to
warn them!!!) Now, there are several bad sectors on the OS drive. I was
fortunately able to recover, but I would like to get it set up the way
it
should be. Is there a way to install 2 new SCSI drives on the system,
mirror
them and then copy the existing C drive to them and then use them as
the
boot
drives? They have an Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI adapter, if that makes any
difference.
--
Thanks for your help.



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