R.a.i.d. Question

[Rice_King]

I have never been a fan of RAID 0 setups. (RAID 0 should really be called "AID", since it involves no redundancy.) However, circumstances dictate that I now find myself supporting such a scenario.

My question: Two drives were using RAID 0 (striping) on a system that died. If I take those two drives and install them in a new machine that supports RAID 0, set up the RAID with the drives in the same configuration, will the RAID configuration from the old machine be recognized in the new one?

NOTE: The data from the RAID drives has been backed up. I just don't need the hassle of copying 300+ GB of data from the backup to the two drives.

[niller74]

I have never been a fan of RAID 0 setups. (RAID 0 should really be called "AID", since it involves no redundancy.) However, circumstances dictate that I now find myself supporting such a scenario.

My question: Two drives were using RAID 0 (striping) on a system that died. If I take those two drives and install them in a new machine that supports RAID 0, set up the RAID with the drives in the same configuration, will the RAID configuration from the old machine be recognized in the new one?

NOTE: The data from the RAID drives has been backed up. I just don't need the hassle of copying 300+ GB of data from the backup to the two drives.

Which kind of RAID-0? (Software/Hardware)?

It should work just fine. I don't have experience with moving RAID on Windows, but on Unix/Linux they move just fine if the conditions are the same.

[Rice_King]

Which kind of RAID-0? (Software/Hardware)?

... on Unix/Linux they move just fine if the conditions are the same

The software kind. You know, the kind that you get with a desktop motherboard. It is an XP system.

[niller74]

In that case I wouldn't be worried if you are moving it to a similar setup.

[Rice_King]

I hope so. Even the motherboards are the same make. As if that should (not) make a difference.

[OxfordWill]

under unix they migrate hassle free, but with windows I would honestly want to check to be sure.

[surface]

Yes.

Err...

No.

I guess you'll find out once you do it since you have no other choice.

[Rice_King]

I do have one application that I will try if everything goes south. RAID Reconstructor.

I have yet had to use it. This may give me the opportunity.

[dave_boo]

All of us *nix users need to be careful about telling Windows users stuff like this. In Linux, at least, software RAID is achieved using LVM. Since that's in the kernel, you don't have to worry about all those pesky little issues such as metadata (which could be different on the controllers that the OP was moving from/to), drivers, etc. The OP could very well be trying to utilise two very different controllers to accomplish this task.

[niller74]

All of us *nix users need to be careful about telling Windows users stuff like this. In Linux, at least, software RAID is achieved using LVM. Since that's in the kernel, you don't have to worry about all those pesky little issues such as metadata (which could be different on the controllers that the OP was moving from/to), drivers, etc. The OP could very well be trying to utilise two very different controllers to accomplish this task.

I think everyone that commented on this thread from a *nix point of view said so. When it comes to recommendations like this, they will always be recommendations only, no guarantees.

[Rice_King]

When it comes to recommendations like this, they will always be recommendations only, no guarantees.

That is understood.