Raid question :)

Majin · February 8th, 2003

Ok i have a 100 gig harddrive that is nearly full and i just got a raid card and another 100 gig harddrive is it possible to introduce a full harddrive into a new or exisitng raid array? :happy:

**Zedric** · February 8th, 2003

Yes, if you decide to run RAID 1 (mirroring). But I guess you want to run RAID 0 (stiping, get a "200GB drive") and then the answer is no.

Majin · February 8th, 2003

aw crap thats what i thought .......im in BIG trouble then lol

**Zedric** · February 8th, 2003

About 100 Gigs worth of trouble.

Also, if you run RAID 0 take backups often. RAID 0 arrays are very unsafe.

Majin · February 9th, 2003

btw can ya add a new emtpy drive to the array witout damaging the data already on the raid? ...and i understand the unsafe part but any drive is unsafe if ya dont backup, on a raid if one drive fails the data is toast ...but on an ide if one drive fails the data is still toast .

**Zedric** · February 9th, 2003

True that. But the drive doesn't need to fail. The mobo, the bios, settings and so on can fail and you're in a black hole anyway.

I'm not sure you can add a drive to a RAID 0 array on the fly. I think you can do it in a RAID 5 array, but those are a bit more complicated.

February 8th, 2003	Top \| #1
Majin DBZ - Yes its in me! Joined: July 2002 Posts: 119 Reputation: 0 Power: 118	Raid question :) Ok i have a 100 gig harddrive that is nearly full and i just got a raid card and another 100 gig harddrive is it possible to introduce a full harddrive into a new or exisitng raid array? :happy:

February 8th, 2003	Top \| #2
Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 171	Yes, if you decide to run RAID 1 (mirroring). But I guess you want to run RAID 0 (stiping, get a "200GB drive") and then the answer is no. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

February 8th, 2003	Top \| #4
Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 171	About 100 Gigs worth of trouble. Also, if you run RAID 0 take backups often. RAID 0 arrays are very unsafe. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

February 9th, 2003	Top \| #6
Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 171	True that. But the drive doesn't need to fail. The mobo, the bios, settings and so on can fail and you're in a black hole anyway. I'm not sure you can add a drive to a RAID 0 array on the fly. I think you can do it in a RAID 5 array, but those are a bit more complicated. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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February 8th, 2003	Top \| #3
Majin DBZ - Yes its in me! Joined: July 2002 Posts: 119 Reputation: 0 Power: 118	aw crap thats what i thought .......im in BIG trouble then lol

February 9th, 2003	Top \| #5
Majin DBZ - Yes its in me! Joined: July 2002 Posts: 119 Reputation: 0 Power: 118	btw can ya add a new emtpy drive to the array witout damaging the data already on the raid? ...and i understand the unsafe part but any drive is unsafe if ya dont backup, on a raid if one drive fails the data is toast ...but on an ide if one drive fails the data is still toast .