Re: SBS 2003 Mirror OS Drive Question

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Not trying to make you sound like a chump. But by your own admission "after years of trying" you "convinced" your client to mirror their drives. It think it is a fair criticism to say that you were *pushing* them towards a solution but had no plan on implementing it. Cart before the horse so to speak.

Besides, even though I leveled the completely legitimate criticism, I still provided an answer even if I disagree with how the situation came to be. Different RAID controllers have different features and there is not a "one size fits all" answer to your question.

-Cliff


"Northwest Upgrades Plus" <andyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message news:F8014FCC-58CC-43C1-B806-605CDF63BA47@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tried that. I am not in the business of telling my client they can not do it
the way they want to. When they are on a budget and I have to make a living,
doing what the client asks is my priority, so please do not try and make me
look like a chump for not doing my job.
--
Thanks for your help.


"Cliff Galiher" wrote:

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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