I currently run raid 5 on 3x400gb connected to a rocket raid controller. The array was set up in the bios of the controller, so server 2003 only sees one dive.
this is all fine, however, I want to add more 400gb hdds to this array. The only way i can see me doing this is to destroy the array (which means backing up 800gb) and creating a new array from scratch.
So what i need to know is this:
Im thinking of setting up the RAID Array in server 2003.....will i be able to add drives to the array using this method and also if I reformat my main OS hdd, will the raid array stay intact....will server 2003 recognise it again and initialise it ?
The reason i used the rocketraid bios to set the drives up was i though hardware raid would've been better than software raid
help !
this is all fine, however, I want to add more 400gb hdds to this array. The only way i can see me doing this is to destroy the array (which means backing up 800gb) and creating a new array from scratch.
So what i need to know is this:
Im thinking of setting up the RAID Array in server 2003.....will i be able to add drives to the array using this method and also if I reformat my main OS hdd, will the raid array stay intact....will server 2003 recognise it again and initialise it ?
The reason i used the rocketraid bios to set the drives up was i though hardware raid would've been better than software raid
help !