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Two RAID Questions

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PurdueRy

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I am currently running RAID 1 on a intel ICH10 SATA controller. I was curious of two things:

1. Can I move the drives to different SATA ports(provided they are on the intel controller) without reconfiguring the RAID array(I believe the answer is yes)?

2. If my motherboard were to fail, would I be screwed in terms of obtaining the data off my drive unless I could obtain either another motherboard with the same controller or a seperate PCI card with the controller? In RAID 1 can you literally take one of the drives to a different SATA port and have the data be read?
 
Can I move the drives to different SATA ports(provided they are on the intel controller) without reconfiguring the RAID array(I believe the answer is yes)?
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Yes.

A RAID 1 array on a intel ICH10 SATA controller can be read/used on older Intel chipsets and swapped between boards. The RAID configuration data is on the drives themselves and must be read by the controller.

The idea of RAID1 is the same data mirrored on 2 different disks that can be read independently and isolate you from mechanical failure.

BUT any screwed-up input/virus/program will ah heck both drives and this is why RAID isn't a backup.
 
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