Re: SBS 2003 Mirror OS Drive Question

The snarky answer is: Shouldn't you have had a plan in place *before* selling a client a solution?

The real (and short) answer is: It depends entirely on your RAID controller. Some allow this, some don't. You'd be best served referencing their documentation.

-Cliff


"Northwest Upgrades Plus" <andyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message news:13B06C3D-6740-436A-8F96-C95F3E952E15@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK, So here is the situation. After years of trying I have finally been able
to convince my client to mirror their SBS 2003 Standard Operating System
drive. They currently have 1 Ea. 36 GB 68 Pin SCSI drive. They will be
replaced with 2 Ea. 72 GB 68 Pin SCSI drives. My question is this: Is it
possible to create a mirror and copy the old OS drive to the new Mirror, or
perhaps create the mirror with one of the new drives and the old OS drive
first and then remove the old drive and add the second 72GB drive? I really
do not want to go through the hassle of reinstalling the OS and then having
to restore it from backup in disaster recovery mode. Thanks for any help,
suggestions or links to documents that anyone can provide.
--
Thanks for your help.

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