From: "rls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Subject: [H] Any Help? FW: Raid Questions Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:33:44 -0400 Ok - most important - Have established a 4 drive array (raid5). The controller will let me add additional drives to the array. I have about 300G of data currently on the drive. So I plan to add 2 drives. Once windowsXP restarts will what will happen? -Will I have to re-initialize the drive (the array)? -Will I have to re-format the drive or will it inherit the drive mapping structure from the initial formatting?
For most hardware raid cards, the OS is not a factor as the array is managed in the RAID BIOS - whether or not it will keep your partitioning intact is entirely dependent on the card manufacturer. What card is this?
------------------ Any problems with the following options selected? ------------------ Write Policy options: WriteThru or WriteBack. Have it set to WriteThru. Read Policy Options: Adaptive Read Ahead -or- Read Ahead -or- Normal Have it set to Adaptive Read Ahead Cache Policy Options: Caching I/O -or- Normal Have it set to Caching I/O If it matters no battery backup on the controller but the computer has an UPS. Cache on the controller - 128 meg Thanks
