RAID 0

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  1. thekingo7

    thekingo7 Regular member

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    Heres my problem, I currently have a RAID 0 going with two 160 gig SATA drives. I really need to add a third. Is there any way of doing this without having to reformat everything? Like can I just plug it in and go? btw im using a DFI lanparty UT nf4
     
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  2. Nu2Mods

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    you can get a sata card that opperates via pci slot
     
    Nu2Mods, Jan 6, 2007
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  3. thekingo7

    thekingo7 Regular member

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    and how does this help me? I already have 2 open sata ports, I jsut dont know if I can just add drives to my RAID without reformatting.
     
    thekingo7, Jan 6, 2007
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  4. The_Fiend

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    Why are you using RAID0 ?
    Is your data that unimportant ?

    Anyway, as with most other RAID setups, you can't just add another drive to it, you'd have to make a new setup.
    So you'd have to set the whole thing up from scratch *formatted drives and all*
     
    The_Fiend, Jan 6, 2007
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    thekingo7 Regular member

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    Right thanks The_Fiend btw whaqt did you mean is about that "is your data that unimportant to you comment" Do you reccomend I get a large drive going as a mirror, or what. Help out here, give me suggestions.
     
    thekingo7, Jan 7, 2007
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  6. The_Fiend

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    Well, the problem with RAID0 is that if one drive fails, file recovery becomes soo much harder.
    Hence most sysadmins using at least 2 RAID0 setups, one as a mirror, and make daily backups.
    Unless you are running a server, i'd suggest just using singular harddrives, and get one large (external) harddrive for backups.
     
    The_Fiend, Jan 7, 2007
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    Using RAID 0 is not recommended for important data, unless you backup your data on another drive.
    I use 3x raptors in a RAID0 setup, but find that they tend to fail quite regularly (about 1 per year on average) so I always keep everything backed up.
    As for turning a 2x disk raid 0 into a 3x disk raid 0 then you will need to delete and rebuild the raid in the bios setup, so any data will be lost.
    For backups of systems I always use Acronis True Image.
    Acronis Universal Restore is an add on application that should also work for you.
    You simply back up your system to a remote drive, add the new drive by deleting and remaking a the raid with the new drive and then follow the restore from network option and place the backup onto the new partition.
    The new partition will need to be the same size or bigger though. (just in case you are partitioning and want to start changing the C:\ drive size.
     
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