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Moving my RAID Array to another computer

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Buzzman151

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I currently have 2 WD 120's in RAID zero on an Iwill XP333-Raid board. My friend has the exact same board and I was wondering what it would take for me to move them over to his computer w/out losing my dada. Thanks alot guys!


Drew
 
Main question is why...?

But if its the same board or has the same raid chipset it can be done no problem... 🙂 I used a pair of WD300BB`s on a Shuttle AK35GTR in raid then moved them to my Epox 4G4A+ that has the same chipset and it worked no problem... 🙂

It even booted with the drives out of order on the controllers... (the boot drive was on the secondary channel)
 
I brought a pair of IBM 45 gig drives from an Abit KT-7 to an Abit KR7-A without incident.

As long as the drives stay the same, relative to one another (slave/master or channel 1/2), you should not have a problem.
 
So do I just select "creat array" when I move them to his computer and everything will be fine?
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No, absolutely not, unless you don't want your data anymore.

You have to be very careful when moving around arrays like that, or you'll end up with an array that doesn't work anywhere anymore. First, make sure the chipset is the same (and also the same revision!). Make sure they also have the same bios update. Then, you move the array to the new system exactly the way you have it set up now. If everything goes riht, you shouldn't have to make any changes, the array should be detected on bootup and continue working. Make sure that the operating system used to access the raid array has the same version of drivers as you have on your OS. Any differences in BIOS/Drivers/Chipset/Array can lead to corruption of your array.

I know a lot of times you can just move the array and not experience any problems, but all it takes is one little goofup, and you could lose everything. Be careful and make sure you have backups!
 
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