Vic Green wrote:
> Robert Gammon wrote:
>> Reading on Tom's Hardware Guide now.
>>
>> Yes, this does appear to be a full hardware RAID.
>>
>> It works in Windows without any additional S/W drivers as its interface
>> is PURE IDE.  The application interface IS a windows interface, however
>> most everything can be done at the  BIOS Boot level.  THe spec sheet for
>> the SATA controller says XP, 2000, 2003, XP-64, Linux Kernel 1.2.6.13 or
>> later, SUSE 10, Mandriva 2006, Fed Hat Fedora Core 4 and Mac OSX 10.2.8
>> and later.
>>
>> Most changes require a reboot.  So losing the application interface is
>> not a big deal, although without it, you have NO way to detect a drive
>> failure!!!!
>>
>> Only Dani can tell us for sure if her drivers will work with this card.
>> What she was relaying to us was a spec for the different controllers,
>> and her drivers talk to MOST of them.
>>
>> Be aware, this configuration can tolerate, at most, a single drive
>> failure.   You need to have a plan to do a replacement of a failed drive
>> ASAP after failure, whether that is a drive that you buy and put away in
>> a closet, or a drive that you KNOW that you can get with 24 hours notice
>> 12-24 months later (risky as drive specs change RAPIDLY).
> 
> Hi, I am going to butt in here with a query. When I get my ECS system
> installed and running again,I want to go to a RAID array,from the
> built-in SATA controillers on the mobo.My question is this: I have two
> idemtical SATS11 drives,one is completele blamk,never used;the otheer
> has data and volunes on it. How can I set up a raid array withouht
> losing the data on the existing drive?In other words,does the drive
> being inserted in the array have to have any special preperation? There
> is not a hell of a lot of info out there about raid.
> Thanks,and excuse the use of Ubunto.
> 
> Vic Green
> 
Make sure your drive with data is the first drive and configured as the 
"primary" connect and configure the second drive as the
"secondary". The 
primary synchronises its data to the secondary, not the other way around.

This is assuming you are using RAID-1 (Mirroring), creating a Raid-0 
(striped) array would destroy any data on both drives.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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