RAID?

[Gigem]

I have two WD 120GB EIDE ATA 100 HD's raided together (raid 0) with SATA, and converters coming off them so they will go in the SATA ports of my mobo. I didn't set up my raid, but my case won't close right with these adapters on them so I am trying to change the set up.

I saw at BB they have a PCI card with two UATA 100 jacks (my current ones are filled), and I was wondering if I could just buy that card, trade the adapters for IDE cables, and have my raid still work.

In my taskbar tray there is a thing that says SATA raid so I am guessing the raid is set up through the mobo (specifically for those ports) so if I change them one or both of my hard drives will not work properly and since they are striped that would probably be bad.

If you can help a noob out I'd appreciate it. :beer:

 

[HendrixFan]

No. The only way you can transfer from one RAID device to another is if it uses the same chipset, but even then you arent guaranteed it to transfer over. Your best bet is to save everything you need to keep and then reformat and start over on the new RAID card.

 

[RaiderJ]

You need a RAID adapter - not just an PATA controller. Plus, RAID 0 is a waste - unless you don't mind trading a small performance boost for an increased possibility of data loss.

 

[Gigem]

Bleh ok, thanks guys, glad I didn't buy the card.

FWIW, the BB Geek Squad guy told me he "pretty much guaranteed" it would work. But with the look he was giving me as I explained it I didn't trust that response further than I could throw him.... and this dude was large.

:frown:

 

[V00D00]

What you should do is bring in your computer, buy the card, and tell him to get it to work.

Sometimes, with RAID 0 and RAID 1 they are compatible with different chipsets. Usually it's the more complex raid modes such as 5 that don't allow cross chipset switching.

I would bet that it wouldn't work though.

When people setup RAID typically they use a PCI card. This is done so when you get a new motherboard and stuff you can just swap the card into the new computer with the drives. No problems.