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Migrating RAID0 stripe set - HELP

EKKC

EKKC

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Is this even possible?

I have two dual Hitachi 400GB RAID0 drives inside a Dell XPS 400 (running on Intel Matrix Controller, chipset is 945p i think), it's been running fine without problems, it's all holding my downloaded stuff and not critical files so I can stand the RAID0 risk.

I want to move this into a XPS700 that I just received a few days ago, the RAID controller there is a NVIDIA MediaShield (its nforce 590), is this even possible if I just move over the 2 drives and then enable RAID0 on the destination computer?

If it doesn't work, I can always go back to the XPS400/intel setup and my data is still safe, right?

anyone can help, that'd be great.
 
I highly doubt it'll work, but you can always try. The array shouldn't be affected as long as you don't try to repartition the drives while they're in the XPS700.
 
ok, if i lose all my data, i will hold you responsible.

j/k i'll back up the critical stuff now and report here later
 
yup. just as you suspected i doubt it will work

i moved the array into the xps700, enabled RAID in the bios for all new SATA ports. at the NVRAID screen it doesn't detect the array, and i went into the configuration screen, it asks if i want to throw the two disks into an array, i didn't do that, i think if i did it would overwrite the header or whatever of the hdd and will render the array useless even if i throw it back into the XPS400

oh well

but i still think it would work if i moved from intel controller --> intel controller, or nvraid-->nvraid
 
The sure way would be to temporarily clone the entire RAID0 array onto a single PATA or SATA drive - non-RAID.

I'm sure you don't have 800GB worth of data. You could probably do it with a 250 GB mule.

When that is safely done, move your pair of 400s to the new system and built a new array from scratch. Then put the "mule" drive in and copy all ofthe data from it to your new RAID0 array.

After all that - why not RAID5?
 
actually i dont have 800GB, i have 700GB. luckilyi had a new spare 500GB PATA lying around so I just spent a few hours dumping 500GB in there and now still have 200GB worth which I will throw into another pc via Gigabit ethernet.

then, and only then i can destroy the intel array and build it in nvraid. i doubt my XPS700 can do RAID5... i should go check with dell.
 
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